宝鸡2024-2025学年第一学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、-- Tom says he is too tired to go on.

-- He can’t. He ________ for an hour.

A. had worked     B. has just worked

C. just worked   D. has only been working

2、I trust the historian completely. His description of these events ________ other accounts written at the time.

A.subscribes to B.attends to C.relates to D.corresponds to

3、----How long have you been in this office?

----Just a few minutes．I_____ here together with my cousin。

A．have walked B．had walked

C．have been walking D．walked

4、—It______________to plant trees and grass on the hillside.

—Yes. They help stop soil from being washed away.

A. makes sense B. makes money

C. makes a living D. makes a mistakes

5、______ flag-raising ceremony was held at the Golden Bauhinia Square on July 1 to celebrate   ______ 17th anniversary of Hong Kong’s return to China.

A. A; /   B. A; the

C. The; the   D. /; the

6、The glorious moment would live in my mind ______ our football team won the championship．（ ）

A．when B．where C．that D．which

7、Long time no see! It has been 2 years _____ we graduated from school.

A.before B.when C.since D.that

8、Most students believe it’s nice to donate blood for it could save somebody’s life while others insist that we ________ blood for it may cause some illnesses.

A.don’t donate B.wouldn’t donate C.might not donate D.not donate

9、 Little _______ that the region was rich in natural resources about four decades ago.

A. we did know   B. knew we

C. did we know   D. we knew

10、There is a beautiful Chinese song called I Came Over the Ocean to See You. Why not do that  in reality on this Valentine’s Day? Keep your plan a secret and ______suddenly.

A. show up     B. cut in

C. show off D. cut down

11、The doctor advised her to eat more bean products _____meat which might be harmful to her heart disease.

A. for lack of   B. by means of

C. as a substitute for   D. in favor of

12、 Don’t let any failure discourage you, for you can never tell _______ close you may be to victory.

A. how   B. that C. which   D. Where

13、Don’t always put me on the spot like this. You know, because of my duty, I can’t give away   information to you.

A. contemporary   B. conventional

C. confidential   D. consistent

14、It is high time you  ____ your homework.

A. do   B. have done

C. will do   D. did

15、—The governor made only a passing ________ to the problem of unemployment.

—Yes, he mentioned it quickly.

A.difference B.reference C.opposition D.adaptation

16、— Why do you do volunteer work in the North—West?

— I_____ to improve the lives of the children there through my efforts.

A. was trying   B. have tried

C. am trying  D. tried

17、China’s V-Day parade _______ a new female honor guard, consisting of 51 women from the army.

A. conducted   B. employed   C. featured   D. defended

18、—______ you interrupt now? Can’t you see I’m on the phone?

—Sorry, sir, but it’s an emergency.

A．Can

B．Should

C．Must

D．Would

19、The idea started in Standlake and ________ throughout the country.

A.had been spread B.has spread C.had spread D.has been spread

20、The factory produced many famous cars, none of ____ shipped to foreign countries.

A. that   B. what   C. which D. Them

21、Man still has a lot to learn about the most powerful and complex part of his body — the brain.

It may be surprising to learn that it isn’t age that makes you lose your memory. The reason could be that you have a "lazy" memory, not an old one. Like your body your memory improves with exercise. Once given plenty of exercise, the brain keeps its power. Before discussing how to improve the memory, let’s look at how the brain works. There are two sides to the brain, the left and the right. The right side deals with the senses (what we see, hear, feel and smell). It's the creative and imaginative side. The left side is concerned with logic. It analyzes information and puts it in order.

Some recent research suggests that we remember everything that happens to us. The problem most of us has is recalling events. Most forgetting takes place immediately after learning. An hour after learning something new, more than 50% has been forgotten. After a month, 80% has been forgotten, and so on.

This shows revision is very important. If you revise new material you have learnt, you remember much more. So it's of vital importance to revise newly learned material often, and have frequent breaks. We best remember what we learn at the beginning of a learning period and at the point where we stop. After the break, revise what was learned before the break and then continue learning the new material. These breaks should happen every 20 or 45 minutes.

Other experiments have shown the brain needs time to "digest" what has been learned. The time necessary for this is 5 to 10 minutes. After the break, the memory will have absorbed what it has just learned, and more will be remembered. During this period it is important to exercise the right side of the brain, because the left side is used during the learning period. Therefore you should relax. Listening to music, breathing in fresh air, and looking at a picture are all ways of using the other side of the brain. So when you are studying alone, make a plan which shows when to have breaks and to revise newly learned material immediately before you begin studying again. If you do in this way, your memory will improve.

【1】According to the text, you lose your memory by ________.

A. getting too old   B. hardly using your brain

C. working too hard   D. using your brain too much

【2】To fight forgetting effectively, we're advised to ________.

A. go back to what was learned regularly

B. break down materials into small pieces

C. focus on both ends of a learning period

D. take breaks to give the brain a good rest

【3】During the learning process the brain need breaks to ________.

A. use the right side of the brain

B. revise newly learnt materials

C. take in what has been learnt

D. relax the left side of the brain

【4】Where is this text most probably taken from?

A. Science fictions.   B. Students’ literature.

C. An advertisement.   D. A science report.

22、   Fire ants tunnels get dug efficiently by only a small percentage of the group doing most of the work, thus avoiding pileups in tight spaces. What about the freeloaders? They just sit around while their hard-working colleagues get things done. But might freeloaders actually be necessary for society to function efficiently? The answer could be yes—at least when it comes to fire ants and their efforts to dig nests underground.

Fire ants are highly social creatures. So, Goldman, a physicist at Georgia Tech, and his colleagues wanted to know how individual ants knew what to do without a central leader issuing orders. To find out, Goldman's team labeled individual fire ants with paint and then watched them dig their narrow tunnels—barely wide enough for two workers. It turned out that just 30 percent of the ants did 70 percent of the labor. "I was surprised that we ended up with so few workers actually doing the work at any one time." A quarter of the ants never even entered the tunnels. Others moved inside, but left without digging a single grain of dirt. These behaviors ensured the crowded tunnels did not get blocked with insect traffic, which would put the construction process to a stop.

And when the scientists removed the five hardest-working ants from the site, others immediately jumped in to take up their positions-with no reduction in the group's productivity. It seems that it doesn't matter which ants are working or freeloading at a given time, as long as there is some division of labor to keep the tunnels flowing smoothly. The findings appeared in the journal Science.

The study could have implications for robotics. Imagine groups of robots sent to search the ruins for disaster survivors or nanobots coursing through our bodies to detect illness and deliver targeted medical treatment. Such robot groups will need to avoid getting jammed up in tight spaces.

【1】Why are only a few ants needed to do the digging work?

A.To give full play to the able. B.To take care of the old ones.

C.To improve their work efficiency. D.To free some ants to do other work.

【2】How did Goldman carry out the research?

A.By direct observation. B.By classification.

C.By citing previous data. D.By handing out questionnaires.

【3】What does Goldman's research indicate?

A.Individuals matter in work. B.Many hands make light work.

C.Good leadership guarantees productivity. D.Specific division of labor boosts efficiency.

【4】What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A.Robots are not suitable for team work. B.Smaller robots should be used to treat patients.

C.More robots have to be sent to do rescue work. D.Some robots should be programmed to freeload.

23、Census Bureau (人口普查局) data released Thursday show that 48 of the 50 most populous (人口稠密的) U.S. cities have grown since 2010, compared with only 40 of the top 50 in the first two years after the 2000 Census. Of the top 100, 93 have grown since 2010, compared with just 72 a decade ago.

Many of the biggest, such as New York, Houston, Phoenix, San Antonio, San Diego and Dallas, are outpacing the nation’s 1.7% growth rate since 2010.

“Urban America is recovering faster than more remote places,” said Robert Lang, a professor of urban affairs.

Only two big cities - Detroit and Cleveland - lost population between 2010 and 2012.

The urban recovery is led by mid-sized cities including Austin and Fort Worth and Charlotte. Austin grew 6.6% in two years, becoming the USA’s 11th-largest city. In 2000, it was No. 17.

Other trends:

• New York City grew 2%, adding about 161,500 people since 2010. By far it is the USA’s most populous city.

• The population of New Orleans continues to grow. In 2005 a terrible natural disaster happened to the city, causing the population to decrease. Now it has a population of three hundred and sixty-nine thousand. The number has grown by 7.4% since 2010.

• Government budget crunches (紧缩) have put state capitals in difficulty. Half are behind the growth rate of their regions.

Perhaps the biggest exception to the capital crunch is Austin. It has grown more than 26% since 2000. Population expert William Frey says Austin enjoys a number of qualities that make it attractive. It’s a high-tech city with a state university. And it’s in Texas, an attractive place for newcomers. “In some ways it’s a model of what other cities would like to become,” he says.

Frey notes that Charlotte, which grew 5.4% since 2010 has grown into a high-tech and financial center whose industries do business not just with those in other U.S. cities but with the rest of the world.

【1】The statistics in Paragraph 1 suggest that _____.

A. there were fewer cities in the USA a decade ago

B. remote areas in the USA have more people now

C. the population in the USA has grown since 2010

D. many big cities in the USA face population problems

【2】William Frey thinks Austin’s growth _____.

A. is due to its education

B. is the steadiest in the USA

C. attracts well-educated people

D. deserves the attention of other cities

【3】According to the text, Charlotte _____.

A. is a political center

B. has grown slowly since 2010

C. is the USA’s 11th-largest city

D. does business at home and abroad

24、Daniel Anderson, a famous psychologist, believes it’s important to distinguish television’s influences on children from those of the family. We tend to blame TV, he says, for problems it doesn’t really cause, overlooking our own roles in shaping children’s minds.

One traditional belief about television is that it reduces a child’s ability to think and to understand the world. While watching TV, children do not merely absorb words and images (影像). Instead, they learn both explicit and hidden meanings from what they see. Actually, children learn early the psychology of characters in TV shows. Furthermore, as many teachers agree, children understand far more when parents watch TV with them, explaining new words and ideas. Yet, most parents use an educational program as a chance to park their kids in front of the set and do something in another room.

Another argument against television is that it replaces reading as a form of entertainment. But according to Anderson, the amount of time spent watching television is not related to reading ability. TV doesn’t take the place of reading for most children; it takes the place of similar sorts of recreation, such as listening to the radio and playing sports. Things like parents’ educational background have a stronger influence on a child’s reading. “A child’s reading ability is best predicted by how much a parent reads.” Anderson says.

Traditional wisdom also has it that heavy television-watching lowers IQ (智商) scores and affects school performance. But here, too, Anderson notes that no studies have proved it. In fact, research suggests that it’s the other way around. “If you’re smart young, you’ll watch less TV when you’re older,” Anderson says. Yet, people of lower IQ tend to be lifelong television viewers.

For years researchers have attempted to show that television is dangerous to children. However, by showing that television promotes none of the dangerous effects as conventionally believed, Anderson suggests that television cannot be condemned without considering other influences.

【1】By watching TV, children learn _________.

A．images through words

B．more than explicit meanings

C．more about images than words

D．little about people’s psychology

【2】Which of the following is most related to children’s reading ability?

A．Radio-listening

B．Television-watching

C．Parents’ reading list

D．Parents’ educational background

【3】Anderson believed that _________.

A．the more a child watches TV, the smarter he is

B．the younger a child is, the more he watches TV

C．the smarter a child is, the less likely he gets addicted to TV

D．the less a child watches TV, the better he performs at school

【4】What is the main purpose of the passage?

A．To advise on the educational use of TV.

B．To describe TV’s harmful effects on children.

C．To explain traditional views on TV influences.

D．To present Anderson’s unconventional ideas.

25、   I glanced at the magazine covers while paying for some goods. Then ________ Taraji P. Henson confidently on the cover of a magazine. The heading ________ “All I can be is me.” Considering that I run a non-profit organization ________ positive perception (认识) of the body and encouraging people to accept their bodies, I’m ________ about that it took me so long to know it.

I used to make ________ on my mom that she looked young for her age; her skin didn’t have lots of ________, and she had few age spots. But I suddenly realized with a ________ eye that day that I had been ________ forcing a young value system on my mom. So ________ for telling her that, and she accepted with a smile.

I want my mom to grow old, feel the ________ to age and enjoy everything during the process. It’s privilege to grow older. ________, we lose sight of this when we are ________ with countless perfect pictures of aging women and anti-aging fever. The phenomenon ________ a larger cultural problem that the perfected and forever ________ appearance has become the norm (规范)—or ________ the popular norm.

Now I value the ________ older women have acquired through their life experiences. I believe we need to celebrate them for what they’ve ________ in life. I want to see older women ________ as themselves with loose skin, grey hair and everything else that comes.

Wanting to be ________ to others isn’t a bad want, but our culture’s addiction to staying young has destroyed an entire age group of women. To restate the magazine’s ________, let women actually be themselves.

【1】A.noticed B.thought C.admired D.watched

【2】A.wrote B.read C.showed D.concluded

【3】A.learning B.promoting C.influencing D.representing

【4】A.pleased B.satisfied C.worried D.embarrassed

【5】A.appeals B.donations C.responses D.comments

【6】A.wrinkles B.marks C.scars D.blackheads

【7】A.cautious B.sharp C.fresh D.cold

【8】A.deliberately B.aimlessly C.abruptly D.unintentionally

【9】A.sighed B.apologized C.scared D.complained

【10】A.freedom B.urge C.duty D.risk

【11】A.Besides B.Therefore C.Otherwise D.However

【12】A.surrounded B.crowded C.frozen D.buried

【13】A.describes B.worsens C.indicates D.handles

【14】A.confident B.youthful C.fashionable D.gentle

【15】A.at length B.at last C.at least D.at most

【16】A.beauty B.honor C.peace D.wisdom

【17】A.lost B.abandoned C.experienced D.changed

【18】A.show up B.show off C.hold on D.hold back

【19】A.important B.similar C.attractive D.unique

【20】A.cover B.heading C.theme D.picture

26、EIL was founded in Britain in 1936 with the fundamental aim of international understanding “Learn to live together by living together”.

Requirements: Over 16; good knowledge of English; outgoing; working well with children between 7-12.

Activities: Language study, outdoor recreation and travel

Campers: Students from different countries

Camp site: Mount Tai, Shandong

Time: July 26-August 9

If interested, please e-mail to info@eiuk.org

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