湖州2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测三年级英语

1、Sometimes,_______we make choices has a lot to do with what we feel.

A.what B.how C.which D.why

2、McDonald’s announced the Beijing-based corporate group ______ the franchise（特许经营）bid to run its China operations for the next 20 years on Monday.

A. won   B. would win

C. has won   D. had won

3、I can still remember my childhood life,_________it was so long ago.

A.if only B.as though C.even though D.in case

4、—What do you think of the cars on the exhibition?

—Well, great. But I don’t think much of_______you’ve bought.

A.that B.which C.one D.the one

5、________ “Double 11” somewhat overlaps with Valentine’ s Day and provides another occasion for lovers to buy each other gifts, most spending on that day doesn’t involve a change of single status.

A. Ever since  B. In case  C. Even though  D. As though

6、The minister warned that any civil servant not a this desk faced immediate .

A.suspension B.suspicion C.submission D.separation

7、I just sat by the window watching the passing scene ________ I caught the eye of a waiter and ordered my meal.

A．once

B．while

C．until

D．since

8、－You know, people have different opinions about the construction of the project.

－We welcome any comments from them, favorable or _______.

A. so B. otherwise

C. else D. rather

9、The popularity of government posts has dropped in recent years, though the civil service jobs are still favored by the Chinese as they offer a _______ stable career.

A. relatively B. regularly

C. roughly D. rigidly

10、 John told me he’d like to go hiking with me, his voice _______joy.

A. was heavy with   B. heavy with

C. was full of    D. full with

11、—Did you punish him for that? —Yes, but I don’t think I________.

A．should have done so

B．need to have done so

C．should do that

D．ought have done that

12、—There is good news for you. You’ve been admitted to the Tianjin University.

— ______ That’s great!

A．Have I?

B．Pardon?

C．Congratulations!

D．Good idea!

13、—Fiona never fails to grasp any chance of promotion.

—She’s a woman of ________.

A. ambition B. attention

C. expectation D. reputation

14、I think he's just going to deal with this problem______________ day.

A.next B.other

C.following D.another

15、Tom was so angry____ he heard his friend betrayed him____ he tore the letter into two immediately.

A．that; when

B．that; that

C．when; what

D．when; that

16、If you have a job, ______ yourself to it and finally you’ll succeed.

A. do devote B. to devote

C. devoting D. devoted

17、________ himself, the traveler made a fire in the cave.

A.To warm B.Warmed C.Warming D.Having warmed

18、—Credit cards are________ useful when traveling.

—True. They save us the trouble of taking too much cash.

A．particularly

B．partly

C．exactly

D．gradually

19、The thief_____ the papers all over the room while he was searching.

A.abandoned B.vanished C.scattered D.deserted

20、I don’t believe what you said, but if you can prove it, you may be able to ________ me.

A．convince

B．confirm

C．guarantee

D．inform

21、Diet containing lots of salt can contribute to increased levels of stress, a new study shows. Scientists found in studies of mice that a high-salt diet increased the levels of a stress hormone by 75 per cent. Experts hope the findings will encourage a review of public health policy around salt consumption, aiming at manufacturers reducing the amount of salt in processed food.

The recommended salt intake for adults is less than six grams a day but most people regularly eat about nine grams. This can contribute to higher blood pressure, which increases the risks of heart attacks, strokes and dementia.

While effects on the heart and circulatory(循环) system have been ascertained, little was known about the impact of a high-salt diet on a person’s behaviour. To study this, experts from the University of Edinburgh used mice, who ordinarily have a low-salt diet, and gave them high-salt food to reflect the typical intake of humans.

They found that not only did resting stress hormone levels increase, but the mice’s hormone response to environmental stress was double that of mice that had a normal diet. Salt intake increased the activity of genes that produce the proteins in the brain which control how the body responds to stress.

Experts say further studies are already underway to understand if a high-salt intake leads to other behavioural changes such as anxiety and aggression. Matthew Bailey, professor of Renal Physiology at the University of Edinburgh’s Centre for Cardiovascular Science, said: “We are what we eat and understanding how high-salt food changes our mental health is an important step to improving wellbeing. We know that eating too much salt damages our heart, blood vessels(血管) and kidneys. This study now tells us that high salt in our food also changes the way our brain handles stress.”

【1】What are the findings expected to bring about eventually?

A．Manufacturers adding less salt to processed food.

B．People debating the policy on public health.

C．Decreased levels of stress hormones.

D．Reduced amount of processed food.

【2】What does the underlined word “ascertained” in paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．Ignored.

B．Restored.

C．Reduced.

D．Confirmed.

【3】Which of the following may be a subject of further research?

A．What policy on salt should be.

B．How a high-salt intake affects blood pressure.

C．How much salt intake is appropriate.

D．Whether a high-salt intake causes anxiety.

【4】What may be a suitable little for the text?

A．Most people regularly take in too much salt.

B．Mental health is important to improving well being.

C．Diet containing much salt increases levels of stress.

D．Less than six grams of salt a day is recommended.

22、A shortage of semiconductors (半导体) has helped firms such as Nvidia, whose chips (芯片) power everything from video gaming to machine learning and data centres. But boom time for sellers means misery for buyers. Carmakers, whose products have become computers on wheels, are among the victims. Analysts say the industry might build around 5 million fewer cars this year, all for want of the chips. Apple and Microsoft have also warned that they will be affected.

The shortage is the result of a sudden rise in demand. Chipmaking has been enjoying strong growth for decades as computers have stepped into every corner of society. But there was a strong upward trend during the pandemic. Locked-down consumers shopped online, had meetings remotely, and killed time with video-streaming and videogaming.

The crisis has had three consequences, two encouraging and one less so.

The first is an investment boom. Big producers such as Intel, Samsung and TSMC are planning to spend hundreds of billions of dollars on extra capacity (产能) over the next few years. As in many markets, high prices are the best cure for high prices.

The second is that the chip industry’s customers are adapting. too. When demand fell early in the pandemic, carmakers cut their orders with chipmakers. Following Tesla, Volkswagen has announced plans to develop driver-assistance chips in-house.

Unwelcome effect has been a sudden rise of techno-nationalism. America is planning to hand out billions of dollars to attract chipmakers back from East Asia. Europe wants to double its share of global production, to 20%，by 2030. Even Britain has declared the fate of a small chip factory in Wales to be a matter of national security.

Chips have come to occupy what used to be called the “commanding heights” of an economy, in the way that car factories did in the 20th century. But as last century’s governments discovered, subsidies (补贴) lend 10 oversupply. Personally, the chip shortage is mostly a self-solving problem. Governments should resist the temptation to scc themselves as saviours (救星).

【1】What is the main cause of the sudden shortage of chips according to the passage?

A．Economic crisis

B．The outbreak of the pandemic.

C．Governments’ control.

D．Great demand in online products.

【2】What is the discouraging result of the chip shortage according to the passage?

A．Hot investment in chips.

B．Carmakers’ adaptation to the market.

C．Arise of techno-nationalism.

D．Realization of technological globalization.

【3】What does the author tend to think in the last paragraph?

A．Markets are the cure for the chip shortage.

B．Government subsidies will lead to waste.

C．The government should rescue the market.

D．Car factories in the 20th century were on the rise.

【4】Which would be the best title for the passage?

A．Chip Shortage—A Self-solving Problem

B．Techno-nationalism—A War without Smoke

C．Challenges—Promises of New Opportunities

D．High Prices—the Best Cure for High Prices

23、   Luo Xinlin, 22, experienced her first ride in a self-driving taxi in Changsha, the capital of China's Hunan Province “I made an appointment soon after setting the starting and ending points in the app,” said Liu. “A safety supervisor contacted me and the taxi arrived in about 10 minutes.”

“The taxi drove very smoothly by itself. and the safety supervisor and technician sitting in the front basically didn't have any manual control of it,” said Liu after a 10-minute-long test ride. “The taxi passed through three or four intersections and it was a safe ride without any unexpected situations.”

The self-driving taxi, named Robotaxi, is operated by Hunan Apollo Intelligent Transportation Co., Ltd. based in Xiangjiang New Area in the city. On April 21, the company announced that a group of 30 self-driving taxis had entered public use in the city and users can hail one for a free ride.

“The in-car touch screen can display barriers and dynamic predictions within the 360-degree field of vision and clearly present the conditions of passing vehicles, intersections and traffic lights,” said Cheng Li, director of the test and vehicle operation department of the company. Cheng added users can learn information such as the vehicle's sped and remaining distance through the screen in real time.

In September 2019, the company launched a trial service for a group of citizens, who had to first complete training and other procedures. The technical personnel have started testing self-driving taxis and accumulated a lot of test data since the second half of last year.

China allowed local governments to arrange road tests for intelligent connected vehicles (ICVs), which cover different degrees of autonomous driving, in April 2018. An increasing number of cities, including Beijing, Shanghai and Chongqing, have issued license plates for road tests of ICVs.

【1】What is Liu's attitude to self-driving taxis?

A．Mixed.

B．Cautious.

C．Uncertain.

D．Supportive.

【2】What do we know about the Robotaxi's test ride?

A．It had unchanging routes

B．No one but the passenger was in it.

C．It allowed passengers to have free use.

D．A safety supervisor controlled it.

【3】Which of the following is unavailable on the in-car touch screen?

A．Vehicle operation.

B．The vehicle's speed.

C．Road conditions

D．Remaining distance.

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

A．Fashion.

B．Technology

C．Society.

D．Business.

24、I need a new phone. Like many of us with older model iPhones, my battery life is just a few hours and I’ve stopped updating the operating system to extend the phone’s life. But I’m having a tough time making the final decision. It’s not the cost. It’s not the inconvenience either. It’s the environment.

Making smartphones, laptops, and other tech products takes a lot of resources. This is partly due to the carbon emissions from the producing process. Still, the most negative impact comes from the mining of the rare earth metals that make your phone work. If you’re reading this on your phone right now, you’re holding about 0.034 grams of gold, 0.34 grams of silver, and smaller amounts of other rare elements. These are tiny amounts, but consider the demand for smartphones around the world.

All of these rare elements have to be mined from inside the Earth, in places like China and some African countries. Mining is hugely environmentally destructive: forests are destroyed, the ground is disturbed, and water quality in the area takes a dive.

Now take these environmental risks, and combine them with the fact that the average lifespan (使用寿命) of a smartphone is just two years, the length of your contract with your cell phone company. After that, if you’re lucky, you get a “free” upgrade. Awesome, right? Sure, if you ignore the fact that the environmental impact of a new phone is about the same as using your old one for a decade.

It’s nearly impossible to live in the 21st century without contributing to the destruction of the environment and climate change. I am guilty as well — eat meat and occasionally fly. But that doesn’t mean that we should stop trying to do better, or ignore the consequences of our actions. I urge you to think carefully about your next smartphone purchase no matter what those Black Friday ads may be trying to tell you.

【1】What does the author’s final decision refer to?

A．Going ahead with getting a new phone.

B．Taking action to help reduce pollution.

C．Updating your phone’s operating system.

D．Raising money for anew smartphone.

【2】Why does the author list specific numbers in paragraph 2?

A．To reveal the consequences of making smartphones.

B．To analyze the causes of making new smartphones.

C．To emphasize the huge demand for smartphones.

D．To provide solutions to cutting smartphone use.

【3】What message does the author convey in paragraph 4?

A．It is economical to upgrade your device.

B．The lifespan of smartphones is narrowed.

C．The upgrade comes at the expense of the environment.

D．Signing a contract spares users from economic pressure.

【4】What is the author’s purpose in writing the passage?

A．To push for environmentally friendly smartphones.

B．To discourage businesses from making smartphones.

C．To advise readers not to change smartphones often.

D．To demonstrate the negative effects of smartphones.

25、   Last July I got a job at a theater I admire. I was feeling lucky. But something wasn't _______.

My daughter was going to leave for university in the fall and I wasn't _______ for her to go. Our household is small and tight-knit (关系亲密的). It' s just the two of us. I was excited for my daughter and I felt I had _______her well. But no one had prepared me for this. I was _______ I felt as though I were drowning.

Somehow, this feeling of drowning was what _______ me. One day as I was walking home, I _______ the university pool. I must have walked past it a million times. Swimming wasn’t something I usually did. And yet something _______ me to take it up.

The next morning, I _______ the pool. I headed over to the shallow end, the area reserved for _______ like me. I walked down the cold steps into the pool and all of a sudden, I was in. I could touch the floor, and that was reassuring (安心的). I looked around to make sure the other people weren't watching my awkward strokes.“No one is watching,”I ________ to myself. No one cares if you look like a baby elephant swimming for the first time. No one cares if your heart ________ when all of her things are packed up and she ________. Somehow, in that moment, this was ________.

I swam slowly from one end to the other, feeling a ________ . I found myself crying. Thankfully, no one could tell my ________ from the water running down my face. Afterward, I headed for the changing rooms, smiling and feeling proud that I faced this ________.

When I got home, my daughter said that I looked ________ .The next day, I was up early, swimming bag in hand. I was ________ afraid of drowning. I was breathing easier. I was feeling better.

Having“an empty nest”is an easy catchphrase (口头禅) for something that is impossible to describe. It is not just an empty room. It is a ________ part of who you are. And for me, swimming ________ a part of that hole.

A．special

B．right

C．true

D．strange

A．afraid

B．sure

C．ready

D．sorry

A．prepared

B．treated

C．cared

D．planned

A．disappointed

B．inspired

C．panicking

D．complaining

A．controlled

B．improved

C．bothered

D．Saved

A．examined

B．overlooked

C．noticed

D．recognized

A．pushed

B．expected

C．ordered

D．allowed

A．set apart

B．set out for

C．get through

D．get away from

A．fighters

B．volunteers

C．losers

D．beginners

A．repeated

B．remembered

C．recalled

D．replied

A．races

B．pounds

C．stops

D．breaks

A．appears

B．leaves

C．escapes

D．fails

A．comforting

B．upsetting

C．annoying

D．confusing

A．release

B．connection

C．pressure

D．conflict

A．rain

B．blood

C．tears

D．sweat

A．hope

B．surprise

C．anger

D．fear

A．tired

B．pale

C．happy

D．healthy

A．once again

B．no longer

C．as usual

D．so far

A．missing

B．natural

C．unique

D．useful

A．touches

B．forms

C．involves

D．fills

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。

I wrote my first poem. My mother read the little poem and began to cry, “Buddy, you didn’t really write this beautiful, beautiful poem! Wonderful!” My eyes twinkled when she poured out her praise. “What time will Father be home?” I asked. I could hardly wait to show him, expecting the praise from an editor in chief of Times.

I spent the best part of that afternoon preparing for his arrival. First, I wrote the poem out to the best of my ability. Then I drew pictures to match this greatest poem. As seven o’clock drew near, I confidently placed it on my father’s plate on the dining-room table, waiting for him to appreciate this wonderful poem of mine.

This evening when my father burst in, his mood seemed even more thunderous than usual. An hour late for dinner, he could not sit down but circled the long dining room table with a drink in his hand, complaining nonstop about his employees. Under my steady gaze, he paused and glared at his plate. There was an awful silence. “What’s this?” He reached for the paper and read it. Then he dropped the poem back on the table, saying “Awful”. My eyes were getting wet.

“Ben, Buddy is just a little boy. These are the first lines of poetry he’s ever written. He needs encouragement,” my mother said. But my father disagreed, “Isn’t there enough terrible poetry in the world already? No law says Buddy has to become a poet.” They quarreled over it. I couldn’t stand it another second. I ran from the dining room crying. A sad story, but you know, the family wounds healed. My mother began talking to my father again. I even began writing poems again, though I seldom exposed them to my father.

注意：

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A few years later I tried something new, a short story.

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One day after the success, the true meaning of “awful” dawned on me.

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