台北2024-2025学年第一学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、______ adequate water for all residents was, until only a few decades ago, a serious problem.

A. Providing  B. Provided

C. Having provided  D. Provide

2、As a result of the serious flood,two-thirds of the buildings in the areas   ．

A．need repairing   B．need to repair

C．needs repairing D．needs to repair

3、Everyone present certainly thinks there ______ be a total ban on cigarette advertising.

A. would B. could C. should D. might

4、They have a good knowledge of English but little _______ they know about German.

A. have B. did   C. had   D. do

5、The students are ________ young people between the sixteen and twenty.

A. most   B. much   C. mostly   D. at most

6、At the ancient Olympics, all men, ________ had to compete wearing no clothes; while single women took part in their own separate competition, a festival _________Hera, the wife of Zeus.

A．in tradition; in favor of

B．by principle; in celebration of

C．by tradition; in honor of

D．in order; in memory of

7、Janet, who ________ her homework, was allowed to play badminton on the playground.

A. will finish   B. finish

C. has finished   D. had finished

8、China’s BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, whose positioning will reach 2.5 meters by 2020, will soon provide services to more countries.

A. accuracy   B. category   C. function   D. reference

9、What is bothering Obama is how to improve medical care to benefit people． __________, how to create health care system that helps people is his present-day trouble．

A. In other words   B. On the other hand

C. On the contrary   D. As a matter of fact

10、What parents do will cast a ____ for the children and help them to see what they will be and what they will do in the future.

A.glance B.doubt C.vision D.shadow

11、When   from a distance, to tell the truth, the scenery appears more beautiful．

A.seeing B.being seen C.seen D.having seen

12、Students ______ to do some voluntary work every year.

A. were encouraged B. are encouraged

C. encourage   D. encouraged

13、--The weather is too cold ___ March this year.

-- It was still ___ when I came here years ago.

A. for; colder   B. in; cold

C. in; hot   D. for; hotter

14、He left a career in teaching to ________ a position with the Arts Council.

A．take off

B．take up

C．take down

D．take in

15、While ________ in the classroom, I was nervous about my unfinished schoolwork.

A．sat

B．I sat

C．sitting

D．was sitting

16、. ___________ the extreme levels of air pollution, city authorities have started to take measures to quickly reduce pollution levels and protect city dwellers.

A. In spite of   B. As well as

C. In response to   D. By means of

17、---Six o’clock in the morning? –

---No, don't call me that early in the morning. I _________.

A. sleep   B. will be sleeping

C. am sleeping   D. will sleep

18、Tom made a small cage _____ the little injured bird till it could fly.

A. keep   B. kept

C. keeping   D. to keep

19、Seldom   TV when I studied in senior three.

A. I watch     B. I watched

C. does I watch   D. did I watch

20、Peter was already at the door ____ on his shoes.

A.skipping B.sinking C.slipping D.shifting

21、The United States seems to have become extremely enthusiastic about competition. The famous Scripps National Spelling Bee—an annual spelling contest—now allows kids who last in regional competitions but whose parents agree to pay an entry fee (费用) along with their own food and accommodation to compete. And while some kids are working for what they call a spelling “career”, others are approaching chess competitions, dance competitions, cooking or other passions that previous generations developed somewhat later in life.

I’m disturbed by the phenomenon (现象), which seems to be getting worse and more intense.

My teacher always warned us that competition is a destructive quality; that the goal is never to beat anyone else. I think he’ll be cheered by author Peggy Noonan’s idea that a lot of us are running our own races, trying to rise to the occasion and beat some past and limited conception of ourselves by doing something great.

I heartily agree. Instead of paying attention to the accomplishments or possessions of others, we need to focus on our own potential, our own growth and take pleasure in our own particular set of circumstances. The battle for life is not against anyone else but against the darkness inside that tries to bring us down. I wish you only well. Your good doesn’t reduce mine. Your bad gives me no pleasure

Ms. Noonan also suggests that “you’re running your own race alongside others running theirs, and in the same direction. You’re doing something great together.” If we stop worrying about what our neighbor is earning or driving, the size of his house, the success of his marriage, the accomplishments of his children, we can sit back and enjoy our own lives. And if we all focus on what we each can achieve, regardless of anyone else, we have a chance of working as one, of actually being united.

Competition divides us. There are winners and losers. But that’s a very limited picture of reality. It may apply to spelling bees and soccer matches and even in some college classes, but life isn’t about triumphing (战胜) over someone else; it’s about triumphing over ourselves. The only acceptable competition is one where we encourage each other to be the best human being possible, and that’s the only game where “everyone is a winner”.

【1】What does the author worry about?

A．Youth competition is fierce.

B．Youth competition is expensive.

C．Youth competition lacks fairness.

D．Youth competition lacks diversity.

【2】What do you know about Peggy Noonan?

A．She’s also a student of the author’s teacher’s.

B．She thinks competition is a destructive quality.

C．She taught the author how to understand competition.

D．She and the author’s teacher have similar views on competition.

【3】What should we do in the battle for life according to the author?

A．Know our competitors well.

B．Leave everything to chance.

C．Get rid of the bad things inside us.

D．Learn from others’ successes and failures.

【4】How does Peggy Noonan describe the way people live their lives?

A．People take turns to lead the race.

B．People follow parallel paths to each other.

C．One man’s loss is another man’s gain.

D．No one goes in the same direction as anyone else.

【5】What could be the best title for the passage?

A．Your Real Competition Is With Yourself

B．Everyone Is a Winner in the Battle for Life

C．Competition Is a Good Thing, But Not to the Youth

D．Through Competition, We Become Better Ourselves

22、To show empathy is to identify with another’s feelings. It is to emotionally put yourself in the place of another. The ability to empathize is directly dependent on your ability to feel your own feelings and identify them.

If you have never felt a certain feeling, it will be hard for you to understand how another person is feeling. If you have never put your hand in a flame, you will not know the pain of fire. If you have not experienced jealousy, you will not understand its power. Reading about a feeling and intellectually knowing about it is very different than actually experiencing it for yourself.

Among those with an equal level of emotional intelligence, the person who has actually experienced the widest range and variety of feelings — the great depths of depression and the heights of fulfillment, for example, — is the one who is most able to empathize. On the other hand, when we say that someone “can’t relate” to other people, it is likely because they haven’t experienced, acknowledged or accepted many feelings of their own.

Once you have felt discriminated against, for example, it is much easier to relate with someone else who has been discriminated against. Our innate emotional intelligence gives us the ability to quickly recall those instances and form associations when we encounter discrimination again. We then can use the “reliving” of those emotions to guide our thinking and actions. This is one of the ways nature slowly evolves towards a higher level of survival.

For this process to work, the first step is that we must be able to experience our own emotions. This means we must be open to them and not distract ourselves from them or try to numb ourselves from our feelings through drugs, alcohol, etc.

Next, we need to become aware of what we are actually feeling — to acknowledge, identify, and accept our feelings. Only then can we empathize with others. That is one reason why it is important to work on your own emotional awareness and sensitivity — in other words, to be “in touch with” your feelings.

【1】How does the author explain the feelings of empathy?

A．By giving examples.

B．By having classification.

C．By making comparison.

D．By providing data.

【2】Which statement may the author agree with?

A．Low level of empathy leads to fewer varieties of feelings.

B．The deeper one’s feelings are, the more empathetic one is.

C．Empathy is a way we recently picked up for better survival.

D．Rich experiences may not go with a high level of empathy.

【3】What’s the purpose of the last two paragraphs of the text?

A．To advise a sincere attitude to one’s experiences.

B．To suggest a right understanding of empathy.

C．To require a real bond with one’s emotions.

D．To call for true acceptance of one’s feelings.

【4】What is the best title for the text?

A．How Empathy Unfolds

B．Be Open to Your Emotions

C．Why Is Empathy Important

D．Accept Your True Self

23、Food picked up just a few seconds after being dropped is less likely to contain bacteria than if it is left for longer periods of time, according to the findings of research carried out at Aston University’s School of Life and Health Sciences. The findings suggest there may be some scientific basis of the "5-second rule" — the belief about it being fine to eat food that has only had contact with the floor for five seconds or less. Although people have long followed the ‘5-second rule’, until now it was unclear whether it actually helped.

The study, undertaken by final year Biology students and led by Anthony Hilton, Professor of Microbiology at Aston University, monitored the transfer of the common bacteria from a variety of indoor floor types as carpet, cement floor to toast, pasta, biscuit and a sticky sweet when contact was made from 3 to 30 seconds. The results showed that: time is a significant factor in the transfer of bacteria from a floor surface to a piece of food, and the type of flooring the food has been dropped on has an effect, with bacteria least likely to transfer from carpeted surfaces and most likely to transfer from cement flooring surfaces to moist foods making contact for more than 5 seconds. Professor Hilton said, "Consuming food dropped on the floor still carries an infection risk as it very much depends on which bacteria are present on the floor at the time."

The Aston team also carried out a survey of the number of people who employ the ‘five-second rule’. The survey showed that: 87% of the people surveyed said they would eat food dropped on the floor, or already have done so. 55% of those that would, or have eaten food dropped on the floor are women. 81% of the women who would eat food from the floor would follow the ‘5-second rule’. Professor Hilton added, "Our study showed that a surprisingly large majority of people are happy to consume dropped food, with women the most likely to do so. But they are also more likely to follow the ‘5-second rule, which our research has shown to be much than an old wives’ tale."

【1】According to the passage, which of the following is true?

A．A toast dropped on the carpet is easier to be polluted than that dropped on the cement floor.

B．A sticky chocolate dropped on the carpet is easier to be polluted than that dropped on the cement floor.

C．The food dropped on the carpet shares the same potential of being polluted with the food dropped on the cement floor.

D．The food dropped on the cement floor is not as safe as food dropped on the carpet within 30 seconds.

【2】What is the passage probably developed?

A．Contrast

B．Example

C．Time

D．Space

【3】How did Professor Hilton feel after analyzing how many people chose to eat dropped food?

A．Puzzled.

B．Upset.

C．Satisfied.

D．Astonished.

【4】What is the main idea of this passage?

A．The food which is dropped on the floor can be eaten safely.

B．A research on the safety of food dropped on the floor is undertaken.

C．The bacteria have no negative effect on the safety of food.

D．People surveyed in the research are willing to accept the idea.

24、Social distancing is hard on everyone, but it’s especially difficult for retirees in senior living communities, where feelings of isolation are a problem even in the best of times. With no way to see each other or visit family members, the residents find it impossible to feel connected.

This year is even worse for them. While many seniors have been forced to wait out during the COVID-19 outbreaks in isolation, these retirees have managed to find connection and comfort through the airwaves (电波).

Radio Recliner is an online radio station that is hosted by elderly DJs from assisted living communities across the United States. The project was launched by marketing firm Luckie back in April as a means of keeping lonely seniors entertained and optimistic during the pandemic (流行病).

The company only planned on airing new 60-minute shows every day for one month, but since the station garnered more and more listeners, Radio Recliner has also attracted a team of 18 senior DJs to continue recording new shows.

In addition to the new shows being aired every day at noon, the station now streams a continuous loop of old content to keep its fan base entertained. On the Radio Recliner website, listeners can also submit song requests and ask the hosts to broadcast audio messages and shout outs to friends and family members.

“For this generation, radio was the original social media,” Luckie chief creative officer Mitch Bennett told The Tennessean. “Offering a song to someone you love, and having them hear it along with everyone else, may be a special way of connecting. It’s a great time to bring that feeling back.”

【1】How do the retirees keep in contact during the pandemic?

A．By turning to a special radio station.

B．By playing with their family members.

C．By connecting with their friends online.

D．By talking to their friends on the telephone.

【2】What does the underlined word “garnered” in paragraph 4 mean?

A．Consulted.

B．Gained.

C．Confirmed.

D．Acknowledged.

【3】What is the main function of Radio Recliner?

A．To inform listeners.

B．To entertain seniors.

C．To enlarge its fan base.

D．To educate old learners.

【4】What did Mitch Bennett say about Radio Recliner?

A．Its programs were funny.

B．It brought in many profits.

C．Its working mode worked well.

D．It helped seniors make more friends.

25、   Once there was a man who liked to eat mangoes. One day he decided to get the________mango from the very top of the tree. Mangoes which are exposed to the sun the most are the most sweet-flavored.

So he climbed up to the top，when he branches were thin. He________to pick a few sweet reddish fruits, but in an attempt to climb down, he slipped and started falling towards the ground.________. He caught the brunch as he was failing and remained helplessly hanging on the tree. Then he started to call nearby villagers for help. They immediately came________a ladder and sticks, but could do little to help him.

Then after some time one calm and________person arrived - a well-known sage (a wise person) who lived in a simple hut nearby. People were very curious to see what he would do.________he was famous in solving many people's problems in the area and sometimes very complicated ones.

He was silent for a minute and then________a stone and threw it at the hanging man.

Everybody was - surprised. The hanging mango lover started to________:“What are you doing? Are you crazy? Do you want me to break my neck?” The sage was silent .Then he took another stone and threw it at the man. The man was very angry: “If I could just come down. I would show you!”

That's what everybody wanted. Then he was coming down. But how? Now everybody was tense about what would happen next! Some wanted to________the sage, but they didn't. The sage picked another stone and threw it again at the man, even more________.Now the man on the tree was even more angry and developed (a) great________to come down and take revenge.

He then used all his skills and strength and________reached the branches which were safe to start going down .And he________it! Everybody was amazed.

However, the rescued man found the sage gone. He stood there,________that the man really saved him because be induced (引诱)him to try his best and save himself.

“I should be________and not angry.”

【1】A.biggest B.sourest C.sweetest D.ripest

【2】A.promised B.intended C.pretended D.managed

【3】A.Hopefully B.Fortunately C.Consequently D.Eventually

【4】A.with B.after C.by D.before

【5】A.honest B.thoughtful C.modest D.courageous

【6】A.as if B.as C.even though D.though

【7】A.picked out B.took up C.picked up D.took out

【8】A.complain B.beg C.choke D.shout

【9】A.blame B.change C.upset D.impress

【10】A.quickly B.suddenly C.forcefully D.accurately

【11】A.determination B.awareness C.interest D.passion

【12】A.anyway B.somewhat C.anyhow D.somehow

【13】A.got B.made C.took D.ended

【14】A.wondering B.estimating C.realizing D.guessing

【15】A.dutiful B.regretful C.sorrowful D.thankful

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