楚雄州2024-2025学年第一学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、Don’t promise anything ______ you are one hundred percent sure.

A．whether

B．after

C．how

D．unless

2、Why ________ you choose to work in a remote village school when you can own a respectable job in a city?

A. need   B. should

C. must   D. will

3、Taking a gap year is a good chance for students to learn skills and gain life experience, ______ them an edge in the job market.

A. given   B. to give   C. giving   D. having given

4、 ______ around the clock for two days，David managed to finish the report for the manager on schedule.

A. Working    B. Worked

C. Having worked   D. To work

5、China held a grand parade in Beijing to mark the defeat of Japan in World War Two, ________ its military power on an unprecedented scale.

A. displayed B. displaying

C. to display   D. having displayed

6、We must face the problems, shoulder our responsibility and do all we can to ____ people's expectations.

A.live up to B.rise to C.be alive with D.be close to

7、____amazed me most was the young boy handling 8 pen with his feet

A. That   B. What   C. As   D. Who

8、— Lucy looks so upset. She ______ the driving test.

— It is the second time that she has failed in the test.

A. can’t pass

B. mustn’t pass

C. can’t have passed

D. mustn’t have passed

9、In art criticism, you must assume the artist has a secret message ________ within the work.

A．to hide

B．hidden

C．hiding

D．being hidden

10、If George had followed his father’s advice，he ________ a lawyer now．

A．is B．would be

C．has been D．would have been

11、Lao Gan Ma is the best chilli sauce in China. The company built up its________by constantly providing high-quality products at a relatively low price.

A.reputation B.campaign C.appetite D.occupation

12、Chinese kites in ancient times ________ in the shape of birds.

A. design   B. had designed

C. were designed   D. have been designed

13、Parents ___ much importance to education. They will do their best to give their children that priceless gift.

A．attach

B．pay

C．link

D．apply

14、The boy and the girl each ______ toys.

A.have their own B.has their own

C.have her own D.has her own

15、Peter doesn’t smoke now, but he ________ for almost twenty years.

A. was smoking  B. had smoked  C. has smoked  D. smoked

16、—Sarah went to the party．

—Really? I   her if I had gone with you．

A． met   B． had met

C． would met   D． would have met

17、His grandfather joined the army in 1940 and only when the war was over in 1945 ________ back home.

A. he came   B. he did come   C. came he   D. did he come

18、Needles apparently stuck into the body of an 11-month-old baby by her abusive aunt were surgically(手术地) ______on Tuesday.

A. moved   B. placed

C. replaced D. removed

19、 Police have found ________ appears to be the lost ancient statue.

A.which B.where C.how D.what

20、The President's absence from the international conference has__________guesses about his health.

A.gained admission to B.given rise to

C.taken advantage of D.kept track of

21、Nowadays, handwriting seems to become less necessary, for young children learn to tap and touch screens before they have even learned to pick up a pencil or tie their shoelaces. Most of our written communication is done through texting on mobile phones or typing on a keyboard. And voice recognition software is becoming more and more advanced一making even keyboard unnecessary!

So, are handwriting skills important to your child? Actually, handwriting is an exercise in eye-hand coordination (手眼协调), an important part of visual-motor (视觉运动) skills, which are connected with achievements in study. Scientists found that developing fine visual-motor skills in early childhood can lead to not only writing success, but better performance in reading and math in elementary school. It was also found that kids who fail to write neatly and efficiently are often accused of being lazy, and this may affect their behavior and self-worth. Moreover, a study showed that when a group of children were asked to come up with ideas for an article, the ones with better handwriting were more active and had quicker minds. In some ways, handwriting helps their brains' development.

The first attempts at writing can be challenging for pre-school children-- whose fine motor (精细动作)skills are not yet fully developed. But some skills to prepare for handwriting are simple to build at home and in preschool. Parents should provide lots of opportunities for kids to copy and draw shapes and simple pictures in early childhood before letters are introduced. Let your child copy your shapes in sand, or with chalk on a board before trying to draw the shapes on their own. Encourage your child to spend less time on electronic devices and more time on activities to improve eye-hand coordination.

Let's face it - technology is certain to continue developing and more research is needed to find the best ways to teach handwriting to young children. But, there' s plenty of evidence that the handwriting practice can provide young children with a good start in developing skills needed for a healthy and successful journey in school.

【1】According to Paragraph 1, handwriting is________.

A．easy to learn on a touch screen

B．used less for communication now

C．more difficult than typewriting

D．totally replaced by voice recognition software

【2】How does the author explain the benefits of handwriting'?

A．By showing some research findings.

B．By giving examples of the kids around him.

C．By giving some news reports on handwriting.

D．By providing evidence about pupils with good grades.

【3】What does the author suggest parents do?

A．Keep young children away from electronic devices.

B．Teach pre-school children to write letters with chalk.

C．Help children get ready for handwriting before school.

D．Encourage children to face writing challenges bravely.

【4】What can be the best title for the text?

A．Does poor handwriting really mean being lazy?

B．Should handwriting be taken seriously in children's growth?

C．How can handwriting affect children's self-confidence?

D．Should homework be done through handwriting or typewriting?

22、If you’re in charge of a project, the key to success is getting everyone to want to help you. As a director, I point. I gently push the actors in the direction I want them to go.

In the 1986 movie nothing in common, Jackie Gleason’s character, Max Basner, gets fired from his job as a clothing salesman. The scene, shot on a boat, shows Max’s despair about being out of work. I was looking for some gesture that would allow Max to show his feelings.

Jackie had far more experience at everything than I did, and at first I was frightened. What could I possibly tell “The Great One” about acting? Out of fear I decided to direct by suggestion, and I sat down with Gleason to talk about the scene. “So Max is and, right?” I said.

Gleason nodded.

“And he’s probably still carrying his pens with his name on them – the ones he used to hand out to his customers, right?”

Gleason nodded.

“So what would you want to do with the pens after you were fired?”

He was silent for a moment. “Why don’t I throw them overboard?”

I stood up and turned toward the crew. “Hey, everybody. Jackie has a wonderful idea. Let’s shoot it”.

After filming the scene, Gleason called me over and said with a smile, “Garry, what kind of wonderful idea am I going to have tomorrow?”

You and your team can discover the answers to problems together. When there are no prizes or gold stars.

For who gets the solution first, you’ll all benefit when everything turns out right.

【1】The author tells us that to succeed in a project you are in charge of you should ______.

A．make everyone work for you

B．get everyone willing to help you

C．let people know you have the final say

D．keep sending out orders to them

【2】It can be inferred that__________.

A．Jackie Gleason is the director of the film Nothing in Common.

B．Jackie Gleason is very angry when he is fired from his job.

C．Max, a character in film, is in very low spirits when he loses his job.

D．Jackie Gleason is the writer of the film Nothing in Common.

【3】“The Great One” in paragraph 3 refers to _______.

A．Gleason

B．the director himself

C．Max

D．Max’s boss

【4】The most suitable title for the passage is ________.

A．Directing Film

B．The Key to Success

C．A Wonderful Experience

D．Working with Film Stars

23、   I met David in Oslo in December of 2011, in the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize, which was given jointly that year to Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gboweeand and Tawakkol Karman of Yemen for “their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women’s rights”.

I was accompanying Johnson Sirleaf as her long-time advisor. David was the special representative for the Financial Times for the Middle East and Africa. Soon we became good friends and partners in many projects.David and I shared a solicitude for Africa,where he found inspiration on the continent when he first visited in the early 1990s—“so much hope and potential,” he would tell me. He chose to travel light. In that way, there would be no limit when he suddenly decided to take a field trip to a village in Sierra Leone to arrange for seven children to travel to France for surgery.

Then David introduced me to his mother, Janet, a Holocaust (大屠杀) survivor, from Nowy Targ, Poland.Janet admired his son so much. But I knew well that the pride David created for her came with a self-added burden—to make worthy her suffering and sacrifice. This was because my grandmother, Manja Pakter Kroner,was a survivor of Berlin Holocaust, and I too lived to make her proud.

In 2014, after two dozen publishers had turned down my book, David agreed to take it on, with his one-man publishing house, Kiwai Media, and his good friend, play writer John Strand, as my editor. The book, Choosing the Hero: My Improbable Journey and the Rise of Africa’s First Woman President was released in May 2016 and earned high praise.

In 2019, David moved back to his native New Jersey, where he passed away while shooting baskets with his eldest son. We lost him much too soon, but I take comfort in knowing that his spirit will last forever.

【1】Which has the closest meaning to the underlined word “solicitude” in paragraph 2?

A.Concern. B.Talent.

C.Comment. D.Expectation.

【2】What does the author have in common with David?

A.They liked travelling around the world. B.They tried to make their families proud.

C.They were famous writers in their time. D.They contributed much to women’s rights.

【3】What do we know about the book “Choosing the Hero”?

A.It won the Nobel Literature Prize. B.It gained publishers’ welcome.

C.It was really highly spoken of. D.It was published easily at first.

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

A.A Precious Gift to the World B.A Significant Life Journey

C.A Remarkable Book Review D.A Respectable Close Friend

24、Humans may not have landed on Mars （火星） just yet, but that isn’t stopping a European company from devising a plan to send four people to the Red Planet within the next few years. This project, called Mars One, aims to send a small group of people to Mars in 2022 and eventually establish a permanent colony on the planet.

“Everything we need to go to Mars exists,” said Mars One co-founder Bas Lansdorp in March 2014. “We have the rockets to send people to Mars, the equipment to land on Mars, the robots to prepare the settlement for humans. For a one-way mission, all the technology exists.” Yet the four astronauts chosen for the trip will be stuck on Mars—forever. And despite Mars One’s thorough planning, there are a number of challenges that may prevent the mission from ever taking place. The biggest road block could be the mission's huge cost （$6 billion）. However, Lansdorp is confident that Mars One will be able to fund the project by selling the broadcast rights for the mission and subsequent experiences living on the planet.

Those broadcast rights will also play a part in helping to select the people who will be sent to Mars. Lansdorp said the company will hold a selection process similar to a reality show. Lansdorp is expecting at least 1 million applications from people around the world. In addition to the cost, several other potential problems could inhibit （阻止） the mission to Mars.

“It’s even more challenging to send people there with life support, with food, with air, with all the other things like books, entertainment, means of communication and of providing for their own resources for a long stay on Mars,” said Adam Baker, senior lecturer in space engineering at Kingston University in London. “The size of the rockets you’d need to do this would be absolutely colossal.”

【1】According to Project Mars One, humans could send four people to Mars within the next ________years.

A．seven   B．eight   C．ten D．six

【2】According to Bas Lansdorp, which of the following is NOT TRUE?

A．Robots are prepared for the settlement for humans.

B．He could not come up with the fund for Mars One.

C．We humans have the rockets to send people to Mars.

D．The equipment is ready for humans to land on Mars．

【3】The word “colossal” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to ___________.

A．very large B．very small

C．medium D．average

【4】Which of the following is an appropriate title for this passage?

A．Ready for a Round Trip to Mars

B．Ready for a Short Visit to Mars

C．Ready for a One-way Trip to Mars

D．Ready for a Walk on Mars

25、Gardening changed how I see myself as a disabled woman. When I started gardening in 2018, I didn’t know anything about plants, let alone how to grow things we can eat. I thought gardening required a lot of _________tasks. As I have a genetic (遗传的) condition that causes my bones to _________easily, I didn’t believe I could complete them. The thought of taking care of plants in a wheelchair every day made me feel_________ . But just like how I gradually learnt everything else as a disabled person, I had to _________how to garden my way.

That first season, I visited my garden as much as I could. Noticing my interest in gardening, my neighbors in the community_________offered me advice and support. Under their careful_________, I managed to pull up the weeds and watered my plants on my own. Finally, I was so proud to eat the tomatoes I grew and even shared some with neighbors. They tasted like summertime.

Gardening has _________ how I see other parts of my life. As a disabled woman, I fear being seen as a _________ and struggle to ask for the things I need. Gardening helped me normalize the fact that I have needs. I don’t think my plant is a heavy load because it needs more nutrition. I don’t _________ it for getting insects and not being able to fight against them. Gardening also helped me expand my social circle and grow close to people in our community.

Over the years, gardening has made me feel more confident in every aspect of my life. I’m planting what I want to grow, and I have gained a lot of   __________from that.

【1】

A．simple

B．physical

C．pleasant

D．urgent

【2】

A．change

B．rest

C．break

D．move

【3】

A．anxious

B．expectant

C．motivated

D．bored

【4】

A．look over

B．show off

C．bring back

D．figure out

【5】

A．suddenly

B．readily

C．hesitantly

D．casually

【6】

A．observation

B．check

C．discussion

D．guidance

【7】

A．impacted

B．ruined

C．controlled

D．recorded

【8】

A．support

B．comfort

C．burden

D．threat

【9】

A．appreciate

B．fault

C．challenge

D．forgive

【10】

A．justice

B．access

C．weight

D．power

26、阅读下面材料, 根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段, 使之构成一篇完整的短文。

Anne was so excited that her new teacher Mrs. Allan would be invited to have tea at Green Gables (绿山墙) on Sunday afternoon. She offered to help with the preparation work of Aunt Marilla and decided to make a cake that morning.

All went merry as a marriage bell until Anne’s layer cake was passed. Mrs. Allan, having already been helped to a wide variety, declined it. But Marilla, seeing the disappointment on Anne’s face, said smilingly, “Oh, you must take a piece of this, Mrs. Allan. Anne made it on purpose for you.”

“In that case I must sample it, ” laughed Mrs. Allan, helping herself to a plump triangle.

Mrs. Allan took a mouthful of hers and a most strange expression crossed her face; not a word did she say, however, but steadily ate away at it. Marilla saw the expression and rushed to taste the cake.

“Anne Shirley!” she exclaimed, “what on earth did you put into that cake?”

“Nothing but what the recipe said, Marilla, ” cried Anne with a look of severe suffering. “Oh, isn’t it all right?”

“All right! It’s simply horrible. Anne, taste it yourself. What flavoring did you use?”

“Vanilla (香草),” said Anne, her face scarlet with embarrassment after tasting the cake. “Only vanilla. ”

“Go and bring me the bottle of vanilla you used.”

Anne fled to the pantry and returned with a small bottle partially filled with a brown liquid and labeled yellowy, “Best Vanilla.” Marilla took it, uncorked it, smelled it.

“Mercy on us, Anne, you’ve flavored that cake with ANODYNE LINIMENT(止痛药剂). I broke the liniment bottle last week and poured what was left into an old empty vanilla bottle. I suppose it’s partly my fault — I should have warned you-but for pity’s sake why couldn’t you have smelled it?”

Anne burst into tears under this double disgrace (丢脸).

“I couldn’t — I had such a cold!” and with this she fairly fled to her bedroom, where she cast herself on the bed and wept as one who refuses to be comforted.

注意：

1. 续写词数应为150左右;

2. 请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答。

Lightly somebody entered the room.

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“Suppose you jump up and tell her so yourself,” said Mrs. Allan in a merry tone.

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