2025-2026学年云南保山高三(下)期末试卷英语

1、When   for his views about his teaching job,Philip said he found it very interesting and rewarding.

A. asking   B. asked   C. having asked   D. to be asked

2、When you make a decision to buy something, you must remember that a good name of product doesn’t __________ mean good quality of it.

A.essentially B.necessarily C.simply D.purposefully

3、— How can I wake up so early?

—Set the alarm at 5:00 am.,   you will make it.

A. and   B. but

C. or   D. so

4、Not until the end of the performance ________ the chance to take photos with the respectable actor.

A. the audience got B. the audience had got

C. did the audience get D. had the audience got

5、Without our team’s great effort, the art exhibition last week ______ such a great success.

A. wouldn’t be   B. won’t be   C. wouldn’t have been   D. won’t have been

6、-----It’s a pity that Nelson Mandela passed away.

------ But he will __________ in the memories of people worldwide.

A. live on   B. stay on   C. go on   D. put on

7、People always _______education with exam success, which forces students to keep improving their academic abilities.

A.involve B.combine C.equate D.compare

8、—Why were you late for work yesterday?

—I didn’t wake up when my alarm clock ______.

A.went off B.run out C.started off D.went out

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、Dad and mom are busier than before; we're eating out more often than we _________.

A.use to B.used to C.were used to D.are used to

11、---We'd better go downstairs  right  now  for  lunch.

--- _______________ They serve food 24 hours a day.

A. Hurry up!   B. Take your time.

C. No way!   D. It doesn’t matter.

12、Teachers in primary schools ______ influence the kids fall under should be role models.

A. whose   B. who

C. where   D. which

13、Researchers are now conducting hibernation experiment and can use chemicals to put living cells into sleep-like state_____ they don’t age.

A. for which   B. that

C. where   D. which

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

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

15、— What do you suggest he do to get rid of the financial trouble?

— As is often the case in the business world, he should ______ the dangerous situation he is in now.

A. look up to   B. wake up to   C. live up to   D. stand up to

16、________ the numbers in employment, the hotel industry was the second largest industry in this country last year.

A．In spite of

B．In case of

C．In terms of

D．In praise of

17、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

18、You are being such a busybody. How I choose to conduct my private life is my own _______!

A.experience B.agenda C.business D.problem

19、Arriving too early to a dinner party could appear slightly rude if the host ________ their preparations.

A.completes B.is completing C.completed D.has completed

20、Group activities will be organized in and after class _____ children develop team spirit.

A. helping B. having helped

C. helped D. to help

21、   The Hope Diamond is one of the world’s most famous jewels. It was in the possession of a series of people: kings, bankers, rich women and thieves, before its arrival 60 years ago at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C.

As a rare blue diamond, it has a complex social history, to be sure. But, far more so is its geological history, researchers say in a new report. This is the first time anyone has come up with a fact-based study or model for how blue diamonds form.

The group looked at 42 blue diamonds, including one from South Africa that recently sold for $25 million in 2016. Researchers could tell where the stones were formed based on the very small minerals trapped inside.

Diamonds are a hard, clear form of pure carbon called a crystal (结晶). They form under extreme heat and pressure. Blue diamonds crystallize alongside water-bearing minerals that long ago were part of the floor of the sea. But these minerals were pushed deeper underground during the movement of the Earth’s plates.

Scientists already knew these diamonds received their blue color from the element boron (硼). The study says that boron had once been in ocean water but was eventually pushed into the seafloor rock. Over millions of years, the boron continued to move deep underground.

Many diamonds appear colorless. Often, however, they have some yellow color. Still others have a light brown, pink or green color. About 99 percent of all diamonds form somewhere between 150 to 200 kilometers underground, a far shallower birthplace than their blue relations. “These diamonds are among the deepest ever found,” Carnegie Institution for Science geochemist Steven Shirey said of the blue diamonds.

The public can see the Hope Diamond at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington D.C.

【1】By saying the underlined part in Paragraph 2, the researchers mean the blue diamond ________.

A.was formed in extreme weather

B.has a very complex forming history

C.has a far-reaching influence in society

D.used to be very popular among rich people

【2】How could researchers know the blue diamonds’ birthplaces?

A.By observing their colors.

B.By studying their structures.

C.By referring to where they were found.

D.By examining tiny substances in them.

【3】What makes the diamonds appear blue?

A.The water. B.Extreme heat and pressure.

C.A special matter. D.The seafloor rock.

【4】What is special about blue diamonds compared with diamonds of other colors?

A.They contain several colors.

B.They form in much deeper underground.

C.They come into being in a different way.

D.They are found near the earth’s surface.

【5】What is the passage mainly about?

A.The social status of the Hope Diamond.

B.The discovery of the Hope Diamond.

C.The formation of the blue diamond.

D.The diversity of diamonds.

22、What is a port city?

The port city provides a rich understanding of the movement of people and goods around the world. We understand a port as a centre of island-sea exchange and a major force for cultural mixing.

Ports and harbours

Harbor is a physical concept, a shelter for ships; Port is an economic concept, a centre of land-sea exchange which demands goods for export and import. Some ports were developed from poor harbours which were improved with breakwaters(防水堤) and dredging(清淤). Madras and Colombo are examples of harbours expensively improved by enlarging, dredging and building breakwaters.

________________________

Port cities become industrial, financial and service centres and political capitals because of their water connections and the urban concentration which draws to it railways, highways and air routes. Water transport means cheap access, the chief basis of all port cities. Many of the world’s biggest cities, for example, London, New York, Shanghai, Tokyo and San Francisco began as ports-that is, with land-sea exchange as their major function. Although their port functions are no longer dominant now, they remain different kinds of places from non-port cities and their port functions account for that difference.

International city and trade

Port functions, more than anything else, can make a city more international. A port is open to the world. In it races, cultures, as well as goods from a variety of places, mix and enrich each other and the life of the city. But much domestic port trade has not been recorded. What evidence we have suggests that domestic trade was greater at all periods than foreign trade. Shanghai, for example, did most of its trade with other Chinese ports and inland cities, Calcutta traded mainly with other parts of India and so on.

Position of port city centre

Cities which began as ports keep the chief commercial and administrative centre of the city close to the waterfront. The centre of New York is in lower Manhattan between two river mouths, the city of London is on the Thames, Shanghai along the Bund. This is also true of Boston, Bombay, Madras, Bangkok and Singapore, where the commercial, financial, and administrative centres are still grouped around their harbours even though each city has expanded into a big one. Even a casual visitor cannot mistake them as anything but port cities.

【1】Which port city is changed from a harbour by improving the facilities?

A．Singapore.

B．Bangkok.

C．New York.

D．Madras.

【2】Which would be the best heading for Paragraph 2?

A．Good ports, huge profit centres.

B．Once a port city, always a port city.

C．Water transport, basis of port cities.

D．Port functions, a feature of big cities.

【3】What can we learn about port cities?

A．They have water connections.

B．They don’t trade with inland cities.

C．They are easily mistaken for harbours.

D．They moved their chief centres away from waterfront.

23、   In industry and medicine, robots routinely build, break down and inspect things; they also assist in surgery and pharmacies. Neither they nor “social” robots-which are designed to engage with people and to establish an emotional connection-behave like The Jetsons’ maid, Rosie, or other beloved robots of fiction. Even so, expect social robots to become more complicated and popular in the next few years.

Like most robots, social robots use artificial intelligence (AI) to decide how to act on information received through cameras and other sensors. The ability to respond in ways that seem lifelike has been informed by research into such issues as how perceptions (认知) form, what constitutes social and emotional intelligence, and how people understand others’ thoughts and feelings. Advances in AI have enabled designers to translate such psychological and neuroscientific (神经学的) insights into algorithms (演算) that allow robots to recognize voices, faces and emotions; interpret speech and gestures; respond appropriately to complex verbal and nonverbal cues; make eye contact; speak conversationally; and adapt to people’s needs by learning from feedback, rewards and criticisms.

In consequence, social robots are filling an ever expanding variety of roles. A 47-inch humanoid called Pepper (from SoftBank Robotics), for instance, recognizes faces and basic human emotions and engages in conversations via a touch screen in its “chest.” About 15,000 Peppers worldwide perform such services as hotel check-ins, airport customer service, shopping assistance and fast-food checkout. Social robots have particular appeal for assisting the world’s growing elderly population. Japan’s PARO Therapeutic (治疗的) Robot, which looks like a lovely seal (海豹), is meant to stimulate and reduce stress for those with Alzheimer’s disease and other patients. Mabu (Catalia Health) engages patients, particularly the elderly, reminding them to take walks and medication. Social robots are also gaining popularity with consumers as toys. Early attempts to incorporate social behavior in toys, such as Hasbro’s Baby Alive and Sony’s AIBO robotic dog, had limited success. But both are resurging, and the most recent version of AIBO has complicated voice and gesture recognition, can be taught tricks and develops new behaviors based on previous interactions.

Worldwide sales of consumer robots reached an estimated $5.6 billion in 2018, and the market is expected to grow to $19 billion by the end of 2025. This trend may seem surprising given that multiple well-funded consumer robot companies, such as Jibo and Anki, have failed. But a wave of robots is lining up to take the place of defunct robots, including BUDDY (Blue Frog Robotics), a big-eyed mobile device that plays games in addition to acting as a personal assistant and providing home automation and security.

【1】Paragraph 2 mainly tells us ________.

A.what the features of social robots are

B.what promotes social robots’ engagement with people

C.how algorithms are improved to adapt to people’s needs

D.how psychological and neuroscientific insights are translated

【2】According to Paragraph 3, social robots ________.

A.have a wide range of applications

B.have the ability to deal with emergencies

C.have a tendency to take the place of humans

D.have successfully gained psychological insight

【3】What can we learn from the passage?

A.Social robots are designed as personal assistants.

B.Robots in industry and medicine need improvement.

C.Consumer robots have been successful all these years.

D.Social robots are popular due to great interactive abilities.

【4】What is the purpose of the passage?

A.To predict the prospect of social robots.

B.To introduce the advances of social robots.

C.To report the application of AI in social robots.

D.To show the influence of social robots on our life.

24、Travelling in Paris

The uniform sandstone of the Haussmann buildings, the variety of golden historic monuments, and the attractive Seine and its elegant bridges have arguably made Paris the most recognizable and romanticized cityscape in the world. But though the city wears its history with characteristic style, it is also increasingly looking to the future and outwards to the rest of the world.

Where to go

Those looking to explore the city’s rich heritage can spend long afternoons getting lost in the Louvre or wandering the Orsay Museum, or ducking in and out of Paris’s countless historical churches. For more contemporary tastes, there’s plenty of exploring to be done in the less jam-packed outer regions-from arts venues (场所) on the sloping streets of Belleville to the luxurious hotels and reinvented bars.

When to go

You can come to Paris any time but the atmosphere is quite different at different times of year. Winter is a time for festivals and feasting on games and oysters (牡蛎). Spring and early summer are the time to make the most of city parks and café terraces, with fireworks set off on June 21 and military parade held on July 14. In August the capital slows down and some people love it for the feeling of calm. The autumn renewable activities start with a burst of energy for the new cultural season and big exhibition openings.

What to buy

Choose from one of the tastiest cheese selections in the city at La Fermetteon Rue Montorgueil and vacuum-pack your selection to bring home.

Know before you go

Embassy/Consulate: 0144513100; ukinfrance. fco. gov. uk for passports and most other visitor services.

【1】Where is the text probably taken from?

A．A geography textbook.

B．A travel brochure.

C．An academic paper.

D．A science magazine.

【2】Which places best suit the youth who enjoy the modern art?

A．Historical churches.

B．Luxurious palaces.

C．Jam-packed bars.

D．Various galleries.

【3】In which season could you go to Paris for cultural activities?

A．Spring.

B．Winter.

C．Autumn.

D．Summer.

25、I was ready for bed. My eyes fell on the musical ________ on my bedside table. In it was a photo of Dad smiling, and once opened, it would play his ________ song recorded before his death. It was propped(支，撑)open just enough so the recording wouldn't play.

Dad was a ________ man. He was always singing me his little made-up songs to share joy although he was ________ off-key, not hitting every note.

Dad was a man with big heart. When my house burned down a few years ago, Dad ________ my family into his home. When we tried to offer some ________, he said with his characteristic voice, "Don't be ________!"

With happy ________, I fell asleep.

"Beautiful and marvelous-!"

Suddenly, was awoken hours later by the ________ song. The card! I snapped it shut(啪的一声合上).

How did that card just start playing? I checked the windows, all tightly shut. But why couldn't I ________ the feeling that something was wrong?

I decided to ________ downstairs. Opening the door to the laundry room, I was hit with a strong smell of ________. The heat lamp had fallen, and the carpet was burning.

The ________ wasn't too bad. I let out a shaky breath with ________. What could have happened? Perhaps another house fire... But we were safe. All thanks to Dad's one-of-a-kind ________.

【1】

A．card

B．record

C．box

D．clock

【2】

A．sad

B．particular

C．strange

D．religious

【3】

A．powerful

B．joyful

C．traditional

D．reliable

【4】

A．hardly

B．intentionally

C．typically

D．annoyingly

【5】

A．moved

B．frightened

C．dragged

D．tricked

【6】

A．tips

B．protection

C．rent

D．opportunities

【7】

A．careful

B．mean

C．sensible

D．ridiculous

【8】

A．endings

B．songs

C．wishes

D．memories

【9】

A．embarrassing

B．familiar

C．classic

D．beautiful

【10】

A．shake

B．believe

C．express

D．tolerate

【11】

A．observe

B．check

C．test

D．wander

【12】

A．cigarettes

B．chemicals

C．smoke

D．cooking

【13】

A．influence

B．reflection

C．damage

D．change

【14】

A．satisfaction

B．regret

C．excitement

D．relief

【15】

A．voice

B．kindness

C．generosity

D．heart

26、假定你是李华，你的美国朋友John本周日想邀请你去他的寄宿家庭参加朋友聚会，但你无法参加。请依据下列要点，给Jim发封电子邮件。

要点：1.感谢邀请；

2.陈述不能参加的原因（高考即将来临，身体状况不好），并表示歉意。

注意：1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

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