新北2024-2025学年第一学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、It is a great evening, and definitely _____________ all the hard work.

A. worthy   B. worth

C. worthwhile   D. worthless

2、There was never any time for Kate to feel lonely, ________ she was an only child.

A. ever since   B. now that

C. even though   D. as though

3、Lily stayed upstairs all night, ______ letters to her Chinese friends.

A.wrote B.written C.to write D.writing

4、The city plans to make 50,000 bicycles for rent to reduce pollution and ease traffic jams.

A．convenient

B．suitable

C．available

D．accurate

5、I was ill that day, otherwise I _______________the sports meet.

A. took part in B. would have taken part in

C. had taken part in D. would take part in

6、Sometimes to get out of difficulty, one must change his way of thinking, or simply change his ___________ towards a problem.

A. emotion   B. approach C. access D. target

7、Most people who enjoy travelling believe that travel ______ not only our bodies but also our minds.

A. benefited   B. would benefit

C. has benefited   D. benefits

8、The great hall was crowded with many people, _____ many children _____on their

parents’ laps.

A.including; seated B.including; seating

C.included; sat D.included; sitting

9、---Is this raincoat yours?

--- No, mine________ there behind the door.

A．hangs

B．is hung

C．is hanging

D．is hanged

10、— I don’t remember having ever seen John since last week．Has he gone somewhere?

— Not really．He_______ his newly-bought apartment.

A．has decorated   B．was decorating

C．decorated   D．has been decorating

11、Instead of making choices for their children, liberal parents usually say, “Go where you   .”

A. will   B. should

C. can   D. must

12、She couldn' t find her son_   she had dropped him off．

A．when B．until

C．although D．where

13、A unique ______ of these rock shelters was that they were dry.

A. feature B. function   C. symptom   D. Pattern

14、After 30 years of seemingly ______ advice aimed at lowering dietary fat, Americans have

grown fatter than ever

A.solid B.artificial C.confidential D.authentic

15、---I’m planning to go to Kingdom of Cambodia this summer vacation. I think the trip will be exciting.

---___________, as it’s the rainy season then.

A. Yes, it will   B. Of course not

C. You can say so   D. It’s hard to say

16、We won’t keep winning games   we keep playing well.

A．because B．unless  C．when D．while

17、 Recycling, in its broadest ______, refers to the remaking of waste products and other used materials for practical purposes.

A. sight B. sense   C. size   D. Space

18、— I hope to take the computer course.

— Good idea. ____ more about it, visit this website.

A. To find out   B. Finding out

C. To be finding out   D. Having found out

19、More than one doctor _____ involved in the rescue that took place after the earthquake．

A． was   B． is   C． were   D． are

20、I’d like to use reference book, but the book I want to make use of is intended for beginners only.

A.a; the B./; the C.the; a D.a; /

21、   Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso and Leonardo da Vinci ... the art world has never lacked talent. And now, a new painter is ready to join the list, although this one isn't even human.

Next month, the auction house Christie's Prints and Multiples will make history by offering the first piece of art work created by artificial intelligence (AI) for sale. The painting is a portrait of a man called Edmond De Belamy, and is expected to be sold for up to $10,000.

The work, which features a man with a mysterious look on his face, was created by software developed by the French art group Obvious. Laugero-Lasserre, an art collector, called the work "grotesque and amazing at the same time". This isn't the first example of AI-produced artwork, as AI has already been used to write poems and compose songs. However, many people doubt whether it should be called art at all.

According to Russian writer Leo Tolstroy (1828 -1910), art is about creating emotion (情感). It's "a means of … joining people together in the same feelings," he once said.

So, if the emotion behind art is what makes it, the ability to create and use tools is what makes human beings different from other species. And as a tool itself, the AI technology used to create the portrait is the result of a lot of effort made by several designers. Together, they "fed" the AI a huge collection of paintings from the 14th to the 18th centuries, until it was able to work out how to make similar paintings of its own.

The introduction of AI art could be the beginning of a new artistic movement. However, not everyone is ready to welcome these high-tech artists just yet.

"The human mind is what's behind the AI technology. And the human mind is not a cold, hard fact," said Oscar Schwartz, a professor of AI. "Rather, it is something that's created with our opinions and something that changes over time."

【1】Why does the author mention the artists in Paragraph 1?

A. To introduce their works. B. To make an advertisement.

C. To present a piece of news. D. To focus the topic on the AI.

【2】What does the underlined would "grotesque" in Paragraph 3 mean?

A. Strange. B. Simple.

C. Messy. D. Understandable.

【3】What can we learn about the AI-produced artwork according to Paragraph 5?

A. It comes from human works.

B. It shows human ability to create.

C. It expresses human feelings effectively.

D. It is beyond the imagination of humans.

【4】What does Oscar Schwartz think the human mind is compared with the AI ?

A. Limited. B. Decisive.

C. Useless. D. Meaningful.

22、 It seems that people are gradually losing their smartness as smartphones become increasingly important assistants in their lives.  As we rely too much on technology instead of our brains, many people have lost three basic abilities.

The first skill many people have lost is remembering phone numbers. Because phone numbers are stored in smartphone contacts, there's now no need to dial a number or look at it again. This is fine until you need to call someone for help, only to find your phone is not around.

And some people may also have lost their sense of direction because navigation apps can guide people anywhere they want. People get so dependent on them that when they can't use their smartphones, they get lost and anxious.

But the worst lost skills may be social ones, meaning that some people are becoming socially inept(无能的)People often bury themselves in their smartphones. As we're too absent-minded by what's happening in the virtual(虚拟的)some of us have lost conversational skills and sometimes can't even distinguish whether a person is happy or not.

Last August, researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles, studied 51 students aged 11 and 12 who had over five hours' screen time every day. Their task was to tell the emotions of 48 pictures of faces that were happy, sad, angry or scared.

The children made an average of 14. 02 mistakes at the  beginning.  But after a five-day camp without electronic products, they made only 9.41 mistakes on average.

Luckily, people still have a chance to get these abilities back.  You should try to keep your parents' numbers in mind for emergencies. You should also pay more attention to street signs and stores , which will help you to draw a mind map and stop you from getting lost.  And the easiest solution to social skill loss is to take a break from electronic products.

【1】The underlined sentence in the second paragraph implies that .

A. you are able to turn to others for help

B. others are able to call you anytime and anywhere

C. others are unable to get in touch with you by smartphone

D. you are unable to contact others without your smartphone

【2】 The experiment by researchers indicated that  without electronic  products, one could .

A. recognize  more facial expressions correctly

B. lose the sense of direction frequently

C. tell different emotions immediately

D.more pictures of faces easily

【3】Overusing smartphones, people will probably   according to the passage

A. lose face-to-face communication skills

B. have no sense of numbers

C. weaken their senses of hearing and sight

 D. fail to find their destination

【4】The passage  mainly tells us that many people are .

A. becoming no smarter than smartphones

B. benefiting from smartphones' intelligence

C．losing some basic abilities because of using samrtphones

D．trying hard to break away from smartphones’intelligence

【5】The writer’s attitude towards electronic products is   .

A．critical   B．sympathetic

C．supportive    D．optimistic

23、Watching a movie can be a magical experience, but do you know that the music in the films we watch has always been an important part of creating that magical experience?【1】

The first commercial film with sound came out in 1927. 【2】Even back in the early days of silent films，most movie theatres hired a musician or a group of musicians to provide music, mostly to drown out the sound of the film projectors (放映机) and people talking.

As sound-on-film technology developed, composers were hired to create original music for films. Like music written for an opera，film music serves to advance the story and the action. 【3】 In the same way, a film composer needs to support the screenplay’s storyline. The music also needs to reflect the screenplay’s mood, which includes everything from the action on the screen to sound effects to dialogue.

Music has a language of its own. The right piece of music can improve and sometimes even change a viewer’s ideas of what is taking place onscreen. Most of the time, music is used to stress the action onscreen, improve the mood of a scene, foreshadow action that is about to take place or even show the emotion of a character. 【4】 But in many instances the emotional power of the visuals would not be as great were it not for the music.

【5】 Ask yourself, “How would this scene feel if the music were different? Is the composer trying to tell me how I should feel? Or are they merely pushing me in an emotional direction?”

A．So, how is the film music created?

B．Without it, it would be hard to imagine the scene.

C．An opera composer must follow the text of the opera.

D．Usually, composers and filmmakers don’t want to overshadow a film.

E．So the next time you watch a movie, pay close attention to the music.

F．The music in a film makes you cheer for the hero and cry at the drama.

G．Since then, music has been powerfully linked to the movie-watching experience.

24、Making eye contact isn’t always easy. It can feel uncomfortable at times, especially when you haven’t yet built a relationship with the other person. 【1】

Eye contact helps others remember what you said. When you share eye contact during a conversation, you’ll remember more of what the other person said. The reverse (相反的情况) is true as well. 【2】 Research found that during a video call, participants remembered more of the information from the call when there was more eye contact included. 【3】 The researchers found that a direct gaze for 30% of the conversation is all it takes for participants to significantly increase what they remembered from the call.

【4】 Being self-aware means that you are aware of what’s currently happening with your body. And eye contact can help with that, according lo research from the University of Paris. Researchers found that we’re more focused on our own bodies and behavior when other people look at us.

Eye contact creates attraction. Eye contact attraction is a real thing. Research showed that humans find other people more attractive when they make eye contact. Smiling can also help create attraction. 【5】 Workmates and leaders will be more inclined (想) to build relationships with you when you look them in the eye. On the other hand, no eye contact can show a lack of confidence.

A．So how to make eye contact naturally?

B．Eye contact can help with self-awareness.

C．But why is eye contact important in the first place?

D．Other people will also remember more of what you said.

E．This is why eye contact plays a huge role in learning and discussing.

F．While this is important for personal relationships, it also matters at work.

G．And, people don’t even need a huge amount of eye contact to get this benefit.

25、Lesson Plan

It was just an ordinary day. There was the usual _______as the children greeted each other. I looked over my plan book and I never felt better. It would be a good day and we would _______a lot. After we settled in for our reading class, I started to check their workbooks.

When I came to Troy, he had his head down as he showed his unfinished  _______in front of me. He tried to pull himself back out of my sight as he sat on my right-hand side. _______I looked at the incomplete work and said, “Troy, this is not finished."

He looked up at me with the most pleading eyes I have seen in a child and said,“I couldn't do it last night because my mother is dying." The sobs that followed _______the entire class.

How_______ I was that he was sitting next to me. I took him in my arms and his head rested against my chest. His sobs echoed through the room and tears flowed. The children sat with tear-filled eyes in dead silence. Only Troy's sobs broke the stillness of that morning class. One child _______for the tissue box while I just pressed his little body closer to my heart.

What do I do for a child who is losing his mother? Choking back my tears,I said to the group,"Let's pray for the recovery of his mother." And everyone did so.

After some time,Troy looked up at me and said,"I think I will be okay now."He had exhausted his supply of tears; he released the _______in his heart. Later that afternoon, Troy's mother died.

When I went to the funeral(葬礼），Troy rushed to greet me. He fell into my arms and just rested there awhile. He seemed to gain strength and courage, and then he led me to the coffin.

There he was able to look into the face of his mother,to face _______ even though he might never be able to understand the mystery of it.

That night I went to bed feeling lucky for the good sense to ________ my reading plan and to hold the broken heart of a child in my own heart.

【1】A.embarrassment B.excitement C.astonishment D.disappointment

【2】A.accomplish B.demand C.miss D.recall

【3】A.experiment B.assignment C.document D.argument

【4】A.Gradually B.Hopefully C.Accidentally D.Naturally

【5】A.frightened B.annoyed C.shocked D.impressed

【6】A.glad B.surprised C.proud D.curious

【7】A.wished B.raced C.prepared D.waited

【8】A.desire B.power C.burden D.guilt

【9】A.difficulty B.failure C.death D.sorrow

【10】A.carry out B.carry on C.set up D.set aside

26、假定你是校学生会主席李华，美国一学生访问团将于暑假来你校访问参观。请你写封邮件，将本次安排告知该访问团的负责人Mr. Smith，并征询他对安排的意见。

附：活动安排：

1. 体验中国绘画；

2. 品尝特色午餐；

3. 观看学生地方戏表演。

注意：1. 词数：100左右；

2. 可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Mr. Smith,

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Yours,

Li Hua