衡水2024-2025学年第一学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、---I called your office at about ten this morning, but there was no reply．

---Oh, that was probably __________ I was paying a visit to a friend in hospital．

A.when B.why C.what D.that

2、Don’t call me at the office ________ it is necessary.

A. before   B. unless   C. although     D. till

3、—How beautiful the dress looks on you ! Don’t you want ,Madam?

—Well ,please show me .

A．one; other

B．it; other

C．it; another

D．one; the other

4、He was too careless to notice his car got a ________ tyre. You had better tell him at once.

A．empty

B．flat

C．full

D．round

5、If you’re buying today’s paper from the stand，could you get ______ for me？

A． one   B． such C． it D． that

6、Owing to the booming in sharing economy, we step into a brand new era when convenient sharing bikes are readily ________ almost everywhere.

A．acceptable

B．available

C．flexible

D．relative

7、 —Wow, you have a really good voice. I_____ you were good at singing.

—Thank you.

A. haven't known    B. hadn't known

C. didn't know    D. don't know

8、The CCTV Spring Festival Gala is a big stage ________ many new actors or actresses are to become famous.

A．where

B．when

C．that

D．which

9、 If we the fact that the man has been in prison, he seems to be a suitable worker for the job.

A. refer to B. get through

C. set aside D. account for

10、--- How old can you guess your new English teacher is?

--- It’s hard to say．But I guess him to be _________ between 35 and 40.

A. anything   B. anywhere   C. anybody   D. anyway

11、It's ________ knowledge that moods can have an influence on our health.

A．unusual

B．special

C．general

D．common

12、Experts warn that 70% of cosmetics are manufactured using palm oil, a substance which is and has caused a lot of arguments.

A.controversial B.delicate C.dynamic D.objective

13、The headmaster decided to put ________ glass on top of the wall to prevent the boys ________ over it .

A．breaking ; climbing

B．broken ; climbing

C．broken ; to climb

D．breaking ; to climb

14、The dress suits the actress perfectly because it her full figure.

A. brings about   B. brings out   C. brings up   D. brings on

15、I thought this medicine would make me sleep, but it had the __________ effect.

A.opposed B.opposite C.optional D.optimistic

16、In return for the love and care from the parents, we should remember that taking care of them is the ________ responsibility.

A. unshakeable    B. unbelievable

C. undescribable   D. unapproachable

17、He was charged ________ the police ________ breaking the law.

A. of, of   B. of, with   C. by, of   D. by, with

18、If I can help_______, I don’t like working late into the night.

A. so   B. that

C. it   D. them

19、After the dinner party, most guests left, with only two of them ________ in the host family, ________ him clear up.

A. remaining; helped   B. remained; helped   C. remaining; helping   D. remained; helping

20、The international situation is currently undergoing great changes ______ UNESCO plays an irreplaceable role in promoting international cooperation.

A. which B. what C. where D. that

21、   Thirteen vehicles lined up last March to race across the Mojave Desert, seeking a million in prize money. To win, they had to finish the 142-mile race in less than 10 hours. Teams and watchers knew there might be no winner at all, because these vehicles were missing a key part－drivers.

DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, organized the race as part of a push to develop robotic vehicles for future battlefields. But the Grand Challenge, as it was called, just proved how difficult it is to get a car to speed across an unfamiliar desert without human guidance. One had its brake lock up in the starting area. Another began by throwing itself onto a wall. Another got tied up by bushes near the road after 1.9 miles.

One turned upside down. One took off in entirely the wrong direction and had to be disabled by remote control. One went a little more than a mile and rushed into a fence; another managed to go for six miles but stuck on a rock. The “winner,” if there was any, reached 7.8 miles before it ran into a long, narrow hole, and the front wheels caught on fire.

“You get a lot of respect for natural abilities of the living things,” says Reinhold Behringer, who helped design two of the car-size vehicles for a company called Sci-Autonics. “Even ants (蚂蚁) can do all these tasks effortlessly. It’s very hard for us to put these abilities into our machines.”

The robotic vehicles, though with necessary modern equipment such as advanced computers and GPS guidance, had trouble figuring out fast enough the blocks ahead that a two-year-old human recognizes immediately. Sure, that very young child, who has just only learned to walk, may not think to wipe apple juice off her face, but she already knows that when there’s a cookie in the kitchen she has to climb up the table, and that when she gets to the cookie it will taste good. She is more advanced, even months old, than any machine humans have designed.

【1】Watchers doubted if any of the vehicles could finish the race because_____.

A.they did not have any human guidance

B.the road was not familiar to the drivers

C.the distance was too long for the vehicles

D.the prize money was unattractive to the drivers

【2】DARPA organized the race in order to_____.

A.raise money for producing more robotic vehicles

B.push the development of vehicle industry

C.train more people to drive in the desert

D.improve the vehicles for future wars

【3】From the passage we know “robotic vehicles” are a kind of machines that _____.

A.can do effortlessly whatever tasks living thing can

B.can take part in a race across 142 miles with a time limit

C.can show off their ability to turn themselves upside down

D.can move from place to place without being driven by human beings

【4】In the last paragraph, the writer implies that there is a long way to go______.

A.for a robotic vehicle to finish a 142-mile race without any difficulties

B.for a little child who has just learned to walk to reach the cookie on the table

C.for a robotic vehicle to deal with a simple problem that a little child can solve

D.for a little child to understand the importance of wiping apple juice off its face

22、One of the most recognizable symbols of Scotland is the kilt (百褶裙). Resembling knee-length skirts, kilts originated in the 16th century as a common form of clothing for men and boys living in an area of northern Scotland known as the Scottish Highlands. A special feature of kilts, even to this day, is the plaid (格子呢) patterns. These patterns were historically related to specific clans, which are family groups that share a relationship through ancestry or some other connections. Known as tartans (方格花纹), the plaid patterns are of various colors. Because of their popularity in the Scottish Highlands, the wearing of kilts and any tartan pattern in general was banned from 1746 to 1782 to try to control clans from that region that were opposed to the king at the time. After clans were no longer considered a threat to the king, the clothing ban was removed.

Although the removal of the ban meant people could once again wear kilts with their clan’s tartan, they did not become the regular dress of males there. Instead, they came to represent a traditional form of clothing, and be symbolic of national pride. Tartans of all types can be seen on show all over the world on April 6, Tartan Day, when people of Scottish ancestry celebrate their cultural treasure. Tartan Day originated in Canada in the mid-1980s. It spread to other communities of the Scottish diaspora in the 1990s.

Nowadays, tartans have been specifically created for individuals, families, institutions, and companies. Perhaps the best-known example of a tartan used by a company is that of the British company Burberry. Burberry has used tartans on a variety of products, including scarves, handbags, clothing, and other accessories. Although in 2019, Burberry announced it would reduce the number of products it produced to focus more on handbags as a way to increase profits, their iconic tartan continues to be a symbol of high fashion.

【1】In which aspect are kilts special?

A．People show respect for the king by wearing them.

B．They are of the same color in Scotland.

C．Plaid patterns are used in the kilts.

D．They are designed for adult men.

【2】Why do Scottish people exhibit different tartans in April?

A．To celebrate a tradition.

B．To spread this culture to the world.

C．To honor the end of the ban on tartans.

D．To express tartans shouldn’t be ignored.

【3】Why does the author mention the company Burberry?

A．To prove the popularity of tartans.

B．To stress tartans’ wide range of daily uses.

C．To show the reduced number of tartan products.

D．To explain reasons for Burberry’s favoring tartans.

【4】What is the best title for this passage?

A．Popularity of Scottish Kilts

B．Special Scottish Clothing

C．History of Scottish Kilts

D．The Kilt and the Tartan

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【1】What do we know about Compressa Knee Compression Sleeves?

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24、Parents and kids today dress alike, listen to the same music, and are friends. Is this a good thing?

Sometimes, when Mr. Ballmer and his 16-year-old daughter, Elizabeth, listen to rock music together and talk about interests both enjoy, such as pop culture, he remembers his more distant relationship with his parents when he was a teenager.

“I would never have said to my mom, ‘Hey, the new Maroon 5 album is really great. How do you like it?’” says Ballmer. “There was just a complete gap in taste.”

Music was not the only gulf. From clothing and hairstyles to activities and expectations, earlier generations of parents and children often appeared to move in separate orbits.

Today, the generation gap has not disappeared, but it is getting narrow in many families. Conversations on subjects such as sex and drugs would not have taken place a generation ago. Now they are comfortable and common. And parent-child activities, from shopping to sports, involve a feeling of mutual trust and friendship that can continue into adulthood.

But family experts warn that the new equality can also result in less respect for parents. “There’s still a lot of strictness and authority on the part of parents out there, but there is a change happening,” says Kerrie, a psychology professor at Lebanon Valley College. “In the middle of that change, there is a lot of confusion among parents.”

Family researchers offer a variety of reasons for these evolving roles and attitudes. They see the 1960s as a turning point. Great cultural changes led to more open communication and a more democratic (民主的) process that encourages everyone to have a say.

“My parents were on the ‘before’ side of that change, but today’s parents, the 40-year-olds, were on the ‘after’ side.” explains Mr. Ballmer. “It’s not something easily accomplished by parents these days, because life is more difficult to understand or deal with, but sharing interests does make it more fun to be a parent now.”

【1】Which of the following indicates that the generation gap is disappearing?

A．Parents share more interests with their children.

B．Parents and children talk more about sex and drugs.

C．Parents and children get involved in the same activities.

D．Parents believe in their children’s abilities more than before.

【2】What is the change in today’s parent-child relationship?

A．More confusion among parents.

B．Less gratitude to parents from children.

C．New equality between parents and children.

D．More strictness and expectations of parents.

【3】What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean according to the author?

A．Today’s parents can set a limit to the change.

B．Today’s parents follow the trend of the change.

C．Today’s parents don’t take the change seriously.

D．Today’s parents can hardly adjust to the change.

【4】What is the passage mainly about?

A．A description of difficulties today’s parents meet with.

B．Predictions of the parent-child relationship in the future.

C．Suggestions on how to handle the parent-child relationship.

D．A discussion on the development of the parent-child relationship.

25、In 2016, 60-year-old Marshall Reeves got onto his bike in California. He________the Race Across America, a 3000-mile_________that runs from coast to coast.

The________was to cross the finish line in Maryland in two weeks. It had________him twice. But he didn’t give up. For his third________, Reeves had a new source of_________: He was racing with 3000 Miles to a Cure, which raises money for brain cancer research.

The race is one of the most ________in the world. Only about half the competitors are able to finish it.________other long-distance bike races, it is continuous—once the clock starts in California, it doesn’t stop until Maryland. Therefore, racers have to meet the________time cutoffs (截止点), otherwise it is impossible for them to________it.

Racers are typically________by a small crew in cars, whose job is to keep the racers not only physically fit, but also mentally ________.In the early days of the race, when Reeves had time to stop at a hotel, he would be_________to a full-body massage(按摩) and a good night’s sleep. But after three days, rest was a luxury(奢侈品) as he needed to_______for over 20 hours a day to achieve his goal.

After crossing the two points where his previous attempts had________, Reeves entered an unknown area. With just 25 miles left, Reeves_________to stay awake, just catching quick naps. _________, he successfully crossed the finish line in 12 days, 13 hours and 52 minutes.

This year, Reeves will________across America again. But this time it’s a little_________—as a road director, he returned the________for his crew’s hard work.

【1】A. began   B. delayed   C. canceled   D. sponsored

【2】A. journey   B. way   C. voyage   D. street

【3】A. point   B. goal   C. rule   D. order

【4】A. interrupted   B. prevented   C. defeated   D. blocked

【5】A. exam   B. attempt   C. idea   D. desire

【6】A. method   B. strength   C. experiment   D. motivation

【7】A. exciting   B. rewarding   C. disappointing   D. challenging

【8】A. Except for   B. As to   C. Unlike   D. Beyond

【9】A. flexible   B. spare   C. strict   D. suitable

【10】A. make   B. get   C. put   D. enjoy

【11】A. directed   B. followed   C. controlled   D. encouraged

【12】A. determined   B. patient   C. cautious   D. worried

【13】A. returned   B. shown   C. delivered   D. treated

【14】A. walk   B. run   C. bike   D. drive

【15】A. disturbed   B. completed   C. paused   D. ended

【16】A. offered   B. struggled   C. preferred   D. expected

【17】A. Obviously   B. Hopefully   C. Generally   D. Eventually

【18】A. set out   B. give up   C. come on   D. call off

【19】A. comfortable   B. normal   C. different   D. tough

【20】A. respect   B. favor   C. honor   D. praise

26、假定你是李华，为迎接2021年 8月18-29日在成都举行的“第31届世界大学生夏季运动会”，你校英文报决定举办主题为“Exercise an hour every day,healthy life for a lifetime.”的征文活动。假定你是李华，请根据以下内容用英语写一篇短文。

1.你对征文主题的理解；

2.你喜欢的运动项目及活动情况；

3.该运动给你生活和学习带来的益处。

注意：1.词数100左右；

2.可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

3.开头语已写好，不计入总词数。

Nowadays, sports are a very important part of our life.

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