2025年内蒙古包头高考英语第三次质检试卷

1、We can ______ the two islands with a bridge.

A.unite B.connect C.relate D.combine

2、The literature masterpiece Macbeth by Shakespeare will be better understood if readers look at the tragedy in the historical _________ of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods, an era of relative stability.

A.content B.contest C.context D.contact

3、Traveling abroad _____________ to rich tourists and wealthy business people decades ago.

A. is limited B. has been limited

C. was limited D. had been limited

4、You can depend on him. He always ________.

A．has words with others

B．breaks his word

C．keeps his words

D．keeps his word

5、Schools have been lengthening the school day to raise test marks, which ________ be costly if schools need air conditioning on hot days.

A.might B.can C.dare D.need

6、Relaxed and unhurried, he__________ that he would walk through the narrow streets of Tangier. Only in that way would he be able to read the omens. He knew it would require a lot of patience, but shepherds know all about patience.

A. resolved B. sensed

C. applied D. reminded

7、I just wonder ________ that makes him so excited.

A. why it does B. what he does

C. how it is D. what it is

8、Body language can ______ a lot about your mood , so  standing with your arms folded can send out a signal that you are being defensive.

A. give away B. give up

C. give in D. give way

9、After her time in hospital, Jenny’s parents are afraid that she has fallen__________ other classmates in school work.

A.below B.beneath C.beyond D.behind

10、All rights ____, no one is allowed to copy or use this paper for other commercial purposes.

A. preserved B. deserved C. reserved D. received

11、There is no doubt _______ Shanghai Book Traders (上海外文图书公司) will make greater and greater contributions to the development of Shanghai.

A.which B.what C.that D.whether

12、Word that you _________ enjoy a three-day holiday has come if you do complete the task on time.

A.may B.should C.could D.shall

13、The reason why he hasn’t come is ___________.

A．because his mother is ill

B．because of his mother’s being ill

C．that his mother is ill

D．for his mother is ill

14、The fact troubles me much ________ I have been unable to pass the driving test up to now.

A．which

B．because

C．how

D．that

15、Doctors say that there are several possible cures ______ his disease and that they can cure him _____ it.

A．about; for

B．with; of

C．for; with

D．for; of

16、I found that the young man was always spying ________ me all the way，so I glared ________ him.

A.at；with B.on；with

C.at；on D.on；at

17、I am optimistic ________ I believe human beings do not always try to make life worse for themselves.

A. now that B. for that C. so that D. in that

18、We_______at the airport.Otherwise,we would have been here by lunch time.

A.are delayed B.were delayed C.had been delayed D.will be delayed

19、The tourists were excited, for no sooner ______ the hotel ________ it snowed heavily.

A.they had returned; than B.had they returned; than

C.they had returned; when D.after they returned; as

20、―Hi,Jane.Could Lucy come to the lecture?

―No.______she’ll be able to come is not known yet.

A.That B.If C.Whether D.What

21、Being able to _____ on a stage will for sure serve as a great inspiration for their future careers if they hold on.

A.shine B.pour C.benefit D.select

22、Since then the number of people taking driving Lessons 20%.

A.has increased to B.have increased to

C.has increased by D.have increased by

23、— Can your factory really afford ________ food for the people in the mobile cabin hospitals?

— I believe we can because we have ________ orders.

A.a large amount of ; a number of B.a number of ; plenty of

C.a great amount of ; a great deal of D.plenty of ; the number of

24、let’s go to ______ cinema , which will take your mind off the problem for ______ while.

A. the ,the B. the,  a C. a,   the D. a, a

25、It was not until I suffered hair loss ________I realized the harm of staying up late.

A. when B. that

C. which D. what

26、   A comparison of nesting data recorded in the early 1900s with similar data today for more than 200 species of California birds shows that over all they are breeding(繁殖)5 to 12 days earlier than they did 75 to 100 years ago.

Earlier studies found that many but not all birds in California’s mountains are moving north or to higher altitude to find cooler temperatures in the face of global warming.

The shift to earlier breeding that we detected allows birds to nest at similar temperatures as they did a century ago, and helps explain why half the bird species in the mountainous areas of California did not need to shift upward in altitude in response to climate warming over the past century, said Steven Beissinger, a UC Berkeley professor of environmental sciences.

Early spring arrivals have long been noted by the public and reported by scientists, but the assumption has been that the birds are tracking resources, primarily food: with warming temperatures, plants produce leaves and seeds earlier, and insects appear earlier.

The new study spotlights another major reason: by nesting a week earlier, birds produce eggs and young at a temperature about 1 degree Celsius lower than if they nested at the normal time in the same place. This exactly counterbalances the approximately 1 degree Celsius increase in global temperatures over the past century.

“By nesting a week or 10 days earlier, birds are avoiding some of the negative effects of climate warming,”Beissinger said.” the good news is that there may be more flexibility for species to respond to climate change than we thought, and not all species may need to move farther north or to higher altitudes, “he added. “But we don't know yet whether staying in place and shifting schedules earlier is a permanent solution, or only provides temporary relief from the 2 degree Celsius rise in temperatures forecast to occur.”

Birds may find, for example, that the window of good temperatures for breeding becomes shorter, which may limit the opportunity to re-nest if they fail the first time. Larger species that have a longer nesting period might not have an enough time to complete their nests before it starts to become too warm, he said.

【1】To fight against the global warming, earlier studies found that _______.

A.some birds tried to find cooler places

B.some birds failed to nest more than ever

C.some birds began to produce eggs earlier

D.some birds woke up earlier to catch insects

【2】What can we infer from the passage?

A.Early birds catch insects and get tender leaves

B.Global warming is responsible for earlier springs

C.Birds are smart in adapting to the climate changes

D.Birds are likely to have difficulty in breeding ways

【3】What does the underlined word “counterbalance” in paragraph 5 probably mean?

A.Adds to

B.Reduces to

C.Makes up for

D.Goes along with

【4】What is mainly talked about in the passage?

A.Birds’ moving north and global warming.

B.Early breeding of birds and climate changes.

C.Changes of birds’ life and early spring arrivals

D.Birds' reaction and early appearance of foods.

27、Training the Brain

People who can accomplish unbelievable tasks, such as memorizing thousands of random numbers in under an hour, state that they just have normal brains. Some memory superstars compete in Olympic-like World Memory Championships. These mental athletes, or MAs for short, can memorize names of dozens of strangers in a few minutes or any poem handed them. Ed Cooke, a 24-year-old MA, explains they see themselves as participants rescuing the long-lost art of memory training. These techniques existed not to recall useless information, but to cut into the brain basic text and ideas.

A study in the journal Nature examined eight people who finished near the top of the World Memory Championships. The scientists examined whether their brains were fundamentally different from everyone else’s or whether they were simply making better use of memorizing abilities we all possess. They put the MAs and control subjects into brain scanners and had them memorize numbers and photographs. The result surprised everyone. The brains of the MAs and those of the control subjects were indistinguishable. On every test, the MAs scored in the normal range. However, when the scientists examined what part of the brain was used during a memory activity, they found the MAs relied more heavily on areas in the brain involved in spatial memory.

MAs offer an explanation: anything can be fixed upon our memories and kept in order by constructing a building in the imagination and filling it with pictures of what needs to be recalled. Dating back to the fifth century, the building is called a memory palace. Even as late as the fourteenth century, when there were copies of any text, scholars needed to remember what was read to them. Reading to remember requires a different technique than speed reading. If something is made memorable, it has to be repeated. Until relatively recently, people read only a few books intensively (细致地) again and again, usually aloud. Today we read extensively, usually only once and without continuous focus.

So the great difference is the ability to create impressive pictures in mind and to do it quickly. Using memory palaces, MAs create memorized pictures. For example, recombine the pictures to form unforgettable scenes such as the ways through a town. One competitor used his own body parts to help him memorize a 57,000-word dictionary.

Anyone who wishes to train the mind needs first to create fantastical palaces in the imagination. Then they should cut each building into cubbyholes for memories. In a short amount of time, they will notice improvement with remembering things. To keep the skill sharp, MAs deliberately empty their palaces after competitions, so they can reuse them and they recommend that beginners do the same.

【1】We can learn from Paragraph 2 that a mental athlete ________.

A．owns a brain that is larger in size

B．shows a gift in mental ability tests

C．uses the memorizing technique better

D．depends less on the areas that control spatial memory

【2】Why does the author mention “speed reading” in Paragraph 3?

A．To discuss the memorizing technique in the fifth century.

B．To give the reason why people read only a few books carefully.

C．To explain the text fourteenth century scholars had to remember.

D．To compare the type of reading nowadays with that of earlier times.

【3】What can be inferred from Paragraph 4?

A．There is a variety of unforgettable scenes.

B．Memory palaces can be quickly forgotten.

C．Impressive pictures are in actual buildings.

D．One person probably has 57,000 body parts.

【4】What does the underlined word “cubbyholes” in the last paragraph probably mean?

A．Small spaces.

B．Blacks holes.

C．Technical skills.

D．Different numbers.

28、How to keep yourself safe from new virus?

After a new-type coronavirus was detected in viral pneumonia cases in Central China's Wuhan city three months ago, more cases have been reported in recent days. 【1】:

1. Wear masks outdoors

●Wearing a mask is one of the most effective ways to protect you from getting infected.

●Make sure to wear it properly by tightening up the nose clip and pulling the bottom of it over your chin.

●【2】, a mask is also needed to prevent you from spreading germs to others.

2. Cover your coughs and sneeze with tissue

Cover your mouth and nose with a tissue when you cough or sneeze, or you can cough or sneeze into your sleeve, but avoid covering with your hands directly.

3. 【3】

Wash your hands with soap and running water thoroughly for at least 15 seconds.

● Before eating and after using the toilet

● After returning home

● After touching trash or garbage

● After contacting with animals or handling animal wastes

4. Strengthen your immune system and exercise regularly

● Exercise regularly is one of the most important ways to help you stay away from catching any infections.

● Make sure that shared spaces have good air flow and avoid going to crowded places such as hospitals, railway stations and airports. 【4】

● Seek prompt medical attention if you have symptoms of fever and respiratory infection.

● Avoid close contact with people who have flu or cold-like symptoms.

●【5】. Avoid contact with wild animals or farmed livestock without any protection.

A．If your hands are not visibly dirty

B．Eat thoroughly cooked meat and eggs

C．Wash your hands frequently and properly

D．Protect yourself and others from getting sick

E．Wear a mask if transport or movement is necessary

F．If you’re not feeling well or have symptoms of fever

G．To prevent catching the infection, here’s what you can do

29、   Jane Goodall was born in Bournemouth, England, on April 3, 1934. As a child, she had a natural love for the outdoors and animals. When Jane was about eight she read the Tarzan and Dr. Dolittle series and, in love with Africa, dreamed of traveling to work with the animals.

Finally, at age 23, she left for Nairobi, Kenya. There, Jane met famed Dr. Louis Seymour Bazett Leakey, who offered her a job at the local natural history museum. She worked there for a time before Leakey decided to send her to the Gombe Stream Game Reserve in Tanzania to study wild chimpanzees. He felt her strong interest in animals and nature, and her knowledge as well as high energy made her a great candidate to study the chimpanzees.

In December 1958, Jane returned home to England and Leakey began to make arrangements for the expedition (考察), securing the appropriate permissions from the government and raising funds. In May 1960, Jane learned that Leakey had gained funding from the Wilkie Brothers Foundation.

Jane arrived by boat at the Gombe Stream Game Reserve on the eastern shore of Lake Tanganyika with her mother. The early weeks at Gombe were challenging. Jane developed a fever that delayed the start of her work. Finally, an older chimpanzee named David Greybeard, began to allow Jane to watch him. As a high ranking male of the chimpanzee community, his acceptance meant other group members also allowed Jane to observe. It was David Greybeard whom Jane first witnessed using tools. Excited, she telegraphed Dr. Leakey about her observation. He wrote back, “Now we must redefine ‘tool,’ and ‘man,’ or accept chimpanzees as humans.”

Jane continued to work in the field and, with Leakey’s help, began her doctoral program without an undergraduate degree in 1962. At Cambridge University, she found herself at odds with senior scientists over the methods she used — how she had named the chimpanzees rather than using the more common numbering system, and for suggesting that the chimps have emotions and personalities. She further upset those in power at the university when she wrote her first book, My Friends, the Wild Chimpanzees, aimed at the general public rather than an academic audience. The book was wildly popular, and her academic peers were outraged. Dr. Jane Goodall earned her Ph.D. on February 9, 1966, and continued to work at Gombe for the next twenty years.

【1】It can be inferred from the passage that ______ .

A.Jane was the first to discover chimpanzees use tools

B.a journey to Kenya rooted Jane’s deep love for animals

C.Dr. Leakey easily raised funds from the Wilkie Brothers Foundation

D.Jane’s work at the Gombe Stream Game Reserve went along smoothly

【2】What is the academic peers’ attitude towards Jane’s first book?

A.Extremely puzzled. B.Genuinely pleased.

C.Really angry. D.Truly sensitive.

【3】What does the underlined sentence imply in paragraph 5?

A.Jane’s study of chimpanzees received no support from scientists.

B.Jane’s method inspired more scientists to make further discoveries.

C.Jane’s achievements quickly attracted attention from senior scientists.

D.Senior scientists disagreed with Jane’s method in observing chimpanzees.

【4】What message is mainly conveyed in the passage?

A.Passion and hard work can make a difference in scientific research.

B.Cooperation is the key to making significant discoveries.

C.Challenging senior scientists is a must in gaining fame.

D.High energy counts in achieving great success.

30、   It had been cloudy, chilly, rainy and gray for three days. It was November. The colorful autumn leaves had reached their  _________ and were now falling fast on the hillsides _________ the skinny skeletons of bare trees.

I pulled my jacket tighter around me as I walked through the cold winds and _________ the leaves flying above the ground. I tried to smile but couldn’t. _________ delightful intentions, the dark, depressing days were upsetting me. As I walked on through the fallen leaves, my _________ slowly got wet. My cold toes didn’t _________ me as much as my damp spirits. My body was tired. My energy was low.

_______ I felt something warm all of a sudden. A break in the clouds had _________  and sunlight was shining through it down to the earth once again. I closed my eyes and turned my face to the sweet_________. Its warmth washed over me. I  __________ and saw the remaining leaves on the trees sparkling in the sunlight. It made their colors even brighter and more beautiful.

I felt my __________ rising again as well. I smiled and thanked nature for this every day __________.

Those few minutes of light had __________ me with joy. I felt renewed, ready to  __________ light and love to the world myself once again. I walked back home __________ to nature and amazed at what a little break in the clouds can do.

In our lives here we all __________ times when the world seems cold, dark, and gray. It is in these times when nature __________ us to break through the clouds ourselves and share our light with the world.

It doesn’t __________ much either. A simple hug, a kind word, a caring note can warm and uplift another’s spirits. A helping hand, a shared smile, a tiny act of __________ can shine light into another’s heart.

When the gray days come then don’t just sit in the dark. __________ break through the clouds! Share your love! Let the light shine through you!

【1】A. peak B. hillsides C. goal D. distance

【2】A. lay B. rested C. stood D. sat

【3】A. rescued B. packed C. spotted D. recognized

【4】A. In addition to B. In spite of C. Instead of D. Due to

【5】A. hands B. jacket C. shoes D. hair

【6】A. puzzle B. terrify C. please D. bother

【7】A. Besides B. Therefore C. Moreover D. However

【8】A. recovered B. arisen C. replaced D. escaped

【9】A. sunshine B. winds C. rain D. clouds

【10】A. looked around B. bent down C. set off D. hung out

【11】A. value B. temperature C. excitement D. mood

【12】A. appearance B. route C. miracle D. glory

【13】A. rewarded B. charged C. treated D. filled

【14】A. donate B. sell C. bring D. introduce

【15】A. devoted B. grateful C. loyal D. attached

【16】A. experience B. record C. understand D. admire

【17】A. longs for B. waits for C. depends on D. calls on

【18】A. risk B. take C. waste D. save

【19】A. wisdom B. love C. duty D. confidence

【20】A. Simply B. Slightly C. Rarely D. Gradually

31、Directions: Complete the following passages by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

The elementary means of communicating with other people is conveying messages by voice. This fact is widely acknowledged and we recognize the voice as a(n) 【1】 characterizing the identity of a person. The array of voices is immeasurable as no two are exactly similar. They can be nasal, resonant or shrill produced in accordance with the individual physical【2】 of the throat.

One possible implementation of the 【3】 of voice recognition is voice profiling used by police analysts as a method of substantiating court evidence in trials. Every year, thousands of audiotapes with recorded interviews or 【4】 utterances are put to the purpose to help identify the probable 【5】. Specialists dealing with the voice investigation claim that people can give themselves away by their 【6】, inflections or other voice attributes like pitch, intensity and loudness. A recorded sample is usually 【7】 into electric impulses and later transformed into a pictorial recoding which is processed by a computer program. Very frequently voice analyst have a stake at deciphering the relevant information which may be 【8】 with background noise or other interfering sounds until they attain the 【9】 results.

Thankfully, these efforts help the police detect individuals who threaten their victims by phone or inform about bomb 【10】 or those who make offensive calls disturbing the peach of decent citizens.

32、假定你是李华，你的英国网友Tom对中国传统节日非常感兴趣，他写信向你询问。请你根据以下要点，给他写一封回信，向他介绍一个你最喜爱的节日。

要点：1.节日的名称、时间；

2.节日的庆祝方式；

3. 邀请他来体验。

注意：1.词数：100词左右；

2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Tom，

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Yours,

Li Hua