肇庆2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、 A notice will be put up_____ information about the closing dates for entering exams.

A. given  B. giving C. having given D. being given

2、Over 1,000 elephants face starvation in Thailand because the coronavirus crisis has _______ revenues from tourism.

A.cut down B.put down C.break down D.pull down

3、 —Sorry for being latethis morning.

—Never mind. The weather was terrible and many people ______ the bus.

A. miss B. will miss C. missed  D. have missed

4、It is thought police had been called to the scene following a report of a collision involving her vehicle and ________ of another motorist.

A. one    B. those    C. some        D. that

5、No matter how________, it is not necessarily lifeless.

A.dry may a desert be B.a desert may be dry

C.may a desert be dry D.dry a desert may be

6、Allen is good at seizing every opportunity ____ he thinks he can show his best self to others.

A．when

B．that

C．where

D．which

7、 My flight was delayed, so I read a book ________ time.

A. kill   B. killing

C. to kill   D. having killed

8、Some restaurants are happy to provide a free cake if you let them know in advance that you ________a group for a birthday party.

A．will be bringing

B．have brought

C．have been bringing

D．were bringing

9、The course normally attracts 200 students per year, ______ up to half will be from overseas.

A. of whom   B. for whom   C. with which   D. in which

10、She's jogging around the park every morning in a（n）______________ to have a good figure.

A.contribution B.effort

C.honour D.purpose

11、One of the best ways for people to keep fit is to______ healthy eating habits.

A.grow B.develop C.increase D.raise

12、We work during the week，but weekends and evenings are usually ________．

A. vacant B. casual C. empty D. clear

13、-Do you still want to become a professional footballer?

-That ambition has never died. I'm still as__________ and determined to make it.

A.elegant B.embarrassed C.explicit D.enthusiastic

14、We won’t forget the heroes ________ lost their lives while fighting against a forest fire.

A.who B.whose C.when D.why

15、— What should I do first?

— The instructions   that you should mix flour with water carefully first.

A.go B.tell C.write D.say

16、The Winter Olympics ________ in 2022 will surely bring in many international tourists.

A. held  B. having held  C. holding  D. to be held

17、Believe it or not, some English idioms are very difficult to understand ______ you know the meaning of each word.

A.as if B.in case C.now that D.even if

18、We did have a quarrel about money last night，but now we have already_____________.

A.taken up B.put up

C.made up D.brought up

19、Frankly speaking, I am not sure whether I ________ this in the old days with that kind of equipment, which looks quite odd and ridiculous.

A. should have done B. need have done C. would have done D. must have done

20、When he ______ the bill in the restaurant, he suddenly realized that he had left his wallet in the car.

A.paid B.would be paying

C.was to pay D.had paid

21、   On Tuesday, Chinese health authorities confirmed the sixth death from the coronavirus which shares genetic similarities with the one responsible for severe acute respiratory syndrome, and revealed that 15 medical workers in Wuhan had been infected, with one in a critical condition. The number of people known to be infected continues to rise with new cases still being reported.

With the head of the Chinese government expert team saying on Monday that human-to-human transmission has been confirmed and the Spring Festival travel rush under way, in which hundreds of millions of people will be crisscrossing the country and traveling overseas for the holiday, it is widely expected that more cases, and even deaths, will be reported in the days to come.

The new coronavirus has already been classified in the same category as the SARS outbreak, meaning compulsory isolation for those diagnosed with the disease and the potential to implement quarantine measures on travel, which shows that the authorities are prepared and resolved to safeguard people's health.

The World Health Organization has so far given a thumbs-up to Chinese efforts. It said earlier this month that it was "reassured of the quality of the ongoing investigations and the response measures implemented in Wuhan, as well as the commitment to share information regularly".

The coronavirus has so far spread to three other Asian countries, which indicates the urgency for medical scientists all over the world to work together against the common threat to human health. Epidemics know no borders and a local disease could easily morph into a global crisis, which is why the WHO is holding an emergency committee meeting on Wednesday to decide whether to declare an international public health emergency.

The speed of response is testimony to improved global preparedness for such epidemics. Now concerted efforts based on the experience accumulated by Chinese health experts and their foreign counterparts during the joint fights against such epidemics as SARS, swine flu and avian flu are needed to win the fight against the latest health hazard.

【1】What do we know about the coronavirus according to the passage?

A．It is the same virus that led to SARA.

B．The Spring Festival travel rush will not worsen the control of the virus.

C．Whether it can be transmitted from person to person is still not known.

D．Carriers diagnosed with the virus should be quarantined.

【2】What does the underlined word “morph” in Paragraph 5 mean?

A．Translate.

B．Crash.

C．Change.

D．Divide.

【3】What is the WHO’s attitude towards the efforts made by China?

A．Dissatisfactory.

B．Favorable.

C．Pessimistic.

D．Unpredictable.

【4】What is the main idea of the last two paragraphs?

A．The entire world is now being threatened with coronavirus.

B．The speed of response and preparation for emergency should be largely improved.

C．More experienced experts are needed to ensure the victory of the battle against the virus.

D．Combined efforts from home and abroad should be made to fight against the epidemics.

22、   Rats and other animals need to be highly tuned to social signals from others so that can identify friends to cooperate with and enemies to avoid. To find out if this extends to non-living beings, Loleh Quinn at the University of California, San Diego, and her colleagues tested whether rats can detect social signals form robotic rats.

They housed eight adult rats with two types of robotic rat—one social and one asocial (不爱社交的)—for 5 our days. The robotic rats resembled a bigger version of a computer mouse with wheels to move around and colorful markings.

During the experiment, the social robot rat followed the living rats around, played with the same toys, and opened caged doors to let trapped rats escape. Meanwhile, the asocial robot simply moved forwards and backwards and side to side.

Next, the researchers trapped the robots in cages and gave the rats the opportunity to release them by pressing a button. Across 18 trials each, the living rats were 52 percent more likely on average to set the social robot free than the asocial one. This suggests that the rats perceived the social robot as a genuine social being. They may have bonded more with the social robot, because it displayed behaviours like communal (共同的) exploring and playing. “This could lead to the rats better remembering having freed it earlier, and wanting the robot to return the favour when they get trapped,” says Quinn.

The readiness of the rats to befriend the social robot was surprising given its plain design. The finding shows how sensitive rats are to social signals, even when they come from basic robots. Similarly, children tend to treat robots as if they are fellow beings, even when they display simple social signals. “We humans seem to be fascinated by robots, and it turns out other animals are too,” says Wiles.

【1】Quin and her colleagues conducted a test to see if rats can ________.

A．pick up social signals from non-living rats

B．distinguish friends from enemies

C．learn sociable skills through training

D．send out warning messages to their fellows

【2】What did the social robot do during the experiment?

A．It followed the asocial robot.

B．It made friends with toys.

C．It set the trapped rats free.

D．It moved around alone.

【3】Why did the rats release the social robot according to Quinn?

A．They tried to practice a means of escape.

B．They expected it to do the same in return.

C．They wanted to display their intelligence

D．They considered it an interesting game.

【4】What can we learn from the text?

A．Rats are highly adaptable to new surroundings.

B．Rats are more socially active than other animals.

C．Rats behave differently from children in socializing.

D．Rats are more sensitive to social signals than expected.

23、   Can a fish be depressed? This question has been on my head ever since I spent a night in a hotel across from a sad-looking fish. His name was Bruce Lee.

The pleasant woman at the front desk assured me that he was well taken care of. Was I incorrectly assuming his laziness was a sign of being upset?

When I sought answers from scientists, I assumed that they would find the question ridiculous. But they did not. New research has been totally shifting the way that scientists think about fish cognition (认知)，building a case that pet and owner are not nearly as different as many assume. The neurochemistry (神经化学）is so similar that it’s scary, said Julian Pittman，a professor. We tend to think of them as simple living things, but there is a lot we don't give fish credit for.

Dr. Pittman likes working with fish, in part, because they are so obvious about their depression. A zebrafish gets dropped in a new tank. If after five minutes it is hanging out in the lower half, it’s depressed. If it’s swimming up top, then it’s not.

Is depression the right word? There's the obvious issue that we cannot ask animals how they feel, says Dr. Diego A. Pizzagali . Neither fish nor rats can catch the entire range of depression as we know it.

There is a heated debate about whether anxious or depressed is a more appropriate term. But what has convinced Dr. Pittman, and others, over the past ten years is watching the way the zebrafish lose interest in just about everything: food, toys, exploration, just like clinically depressed people who are withdrawn. The same is true of fish.

One of the things we're finding is that fish are naturally curious and seek novel things out, said Dr. Braithwaite. In other words, your goldfish is probably bored. To help get rid of depression, she urges introducing new objects to the tank or switching up the location of items.

【1】What is Paragraph 3 mainly about?

A.Fish are considered simple living things.

B.Pet and owner are always assumed the same.

C.Scientists have learnt a lot about fish cognition.

D.Fish and human beings have something in common.

【2】What does the underlined word “withdrawn” in Paragraph 6 probably mean?

A.Quiet and shy.

B.Happy and excited.

C.Interested and careful.

D.Disappointed and surprised.

【3】Why can fish become bored according to the text?

A.They need oxygen from the air.

B.They are not born to be curious.

C.They lack new things to explore.

D.They can’t locate the positions of items.

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

A.Fish Depression Is not a Joke.

B.Fish Can Be a Boring Pet.

C.Fish Need Better Care More.

D.Fish Cognition Does not Exist.

24、   In this age of Internet chat, videogames and reality television, there is no shortage of mindless activities to keep a child occupied. Yet,despite the competition,my -year-old daughter Rebecca wants to spend her leisure time writing short stories. She wants to enter one of her stories into a writing contest,a competition she won last year.

As a writer I know about winning contests,and about losing them. I know what it is like to work hard on a story only to receive a rejection slip from the publisher. I also know the pressures of trying to live up to a reputation created by previous victories. What if she doesn't win the contest again? That's the strange thing about being a parent.

So many of our own past scars and dashed hopes can surface.

A revelation(启示)came last week when I asked her, " Don't you want to win again？" No," she replied," I just want to tell the story of an angel going to first grade. "

I had just spent weeks correcting her stories as she spontaneously(自发地) told them. Telling myself that I was merely an experienced writer guiding the young writer across the hall,I offered suggestions for characters,conflicts and endings for her tales. The story about a fearful angel starting first grade was quickly "guided" by me into the tale of a little girl with a wild imagination taking her first music lesson. I had turned her contest into my contest without even realizing it.

Staying back and giving kids space to grow is not as easy as it looks. Because I know very little about farm animals who use tools or angels who go to first grade,I had to accept the fact that I was co-opting(借用)my daughter's experience.

While stepping back was difficult for me,it was certainly a good first step that I will quickly follow with more steps,putting myself far enough a way to give her room but close enough to help if asked. All the while I will be reminding myself that children need room to experiment， grow and find their own voices.

【1】What do we learn from the first paragraph？

A.A lot of distractions compete for children's time nowadays.

B.Children do find lots of fun in many mindless activities.

C.Rebecca is much too occupied to enjoy her leisure time.

D.Rebecca draws on a lot of online materials for her writing.

【2】What did the author say about her own writing experience？

A.She was constantly under pressure of writing more.

B.Most of her stories had been rejected by publishers.

C.She did not quite live up to her reputation as a writer.

D.Her way to success was full of pains and frustrations.

【3】Why did Rebecca want to enter this year's writing contest？

A.She had won a prize in the previous contest.

B.She wanted to share her stories with readers.

C.She was sure of winning with her mother's help.

D.She believed she possessed real talent for writing.

25、I’ve been working as a UN Peacekeeper in the Central African Republic for the past two years. Before this, I was a pilot and I ________ my work. However, I felt it was my duty to help innocent people who are caught in trouble, so I ________ the United Nations.

The Central African Republic is a relatively small country. Since it got ________ from France in the 1950s, there have been many violent conflicts between the government and rebels (反叛者). In 2012, a civil war began, due to which, over one million people were forced to ________ their homes and there were many deaths and injuries. ________, the United Nations established a peacekeeping ________ in the country.

We peacekeepers ________ cities and villages to ________ that no conflict is occurring and help bring supplies of food and medicine. We are a ________ that can keep people in conflict apart.

As a woman, I am particularly ________ as I can act as a role model for many women and girls in the country. When they see how others respect me, they feel that they also ________ to be respected and treated ________.

My life is not ________ in any way! It’s long hours in a very tough environment. I have basic ________ with just a bed in a shared room. Of course, being away from my family and friends is also very hard at times. However, I know that the Central African Republic is safer because of the UN Peacekeepers, and that makes it all ________.

【1】

A．hated

B．enjoyed

C．guarded

D．changed

【2】

A．gave in to

B．looked up to

C．kept up with

D．signed up with

【3】

A．treatment

B．technology

C．independence

D．inspiration

【4】

A．flee

B．return

C．sweep

D．tend

【5】

A．In turn

B．In surprise

C．In response

D．In addition

【6】

A．measure

B．reputation

C．business

D．mission

【7】

A．follow

B．expand

C．monitor

D．block

【8】

A．ensure

B．prove

C．report

D．predict

【9】

A．bridge

B．barrier

C．castle

D．shelter

【10】

A．protected

B．trusted

C．valued

D．doubted

【11】

A．deserve

B．prefer

C．plan

D．fail

【12】

A．gently

B．equally

C．seriously

D．honestly

【13】

A．boring

B．rewarding

C．difficult

D．fancy

【14】

A．association

B．accommodation

C．administration

D．adaptation

【15】

A．available

B．ambitious

C．worthwhile

D．educational

26、阅读下面材料, 根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段, 使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Every early morning Gleen would run to school to start the fire and warm the room before his teacher and classmates arrived. Their little schoolhouse was heated by an old- fashioned coal stove in winter.

One chilly morning, the teacher and students arrived, only to find the schoolhouse in flames. Gleen was dragged out of the flaming building, unconscious. The lower half of his body was badly burned and he was immediately sent to a nearby hospital. From his bed, Gleen faintly heard the doctor talking to his parents. “He could hardly survive, ” the doctor said in a low voice, “for the terrible fire had destroyed the lower half of his body. ”

“I don’t want to die, mum. ” Gleen told his mother. He was determined to survive. To the doctor’s amazement, he did survive. When the serious danger was past, he again heard the doctor and his parents speaking quietly. “He was bound to be disabled for life, ” the doctor whispered, “since the fire had destroyed so much flesh a in the lower part of his body. He can’t walk like a normal person. ”

“I will walk, dad. ” Gleen told his father. Once more, the brave boy made up his mind. He would not be disabled. But unfortunately, he has no feeling from the waist down. His thin legs just hung there, lifeless. Ultimately, he was discharged from the hospital.

Back home, Gleen’s mother would squeeze and rub his little legs every day, hoping to help them recover, but it made little difference. He was either in bed or attached to a wheelchair. Yet his determination that he would walk never faded. Instead, he kept thinking about how to make himself stand up and walk again.

On a lovely summer day, as usual, Gleen was wheeled out into the yard for some fresh air, where his father had just built a fence by driving the stakes (木桩) into the grassland. Sitting in the wheelchair, Gleen was staring at the fence around the yard.

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It occurred to him that he could make the most of the fence.

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After that, Gleen began to do this every day until he made a flat path beside the fence.

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