陇南2024-2025学年第一学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、Parents and children should communicate more to ________the gap between them so that they can understand each other better.

A．open

B．narrow

C．widen

D．leave

2、Most of the students in the Occupy Central movement in Hong Kong ______ have participated for more rights, but what they did caused serious effects on people’s living.

A. should   B. might

C. would   D. Can

3、The boy dived into the water and after ______ seemed to be a long time, he came up again.

A．what

B．that

C．it

D．which

4、The young man waited in the park and after ____seemed half an hour the girl finally came．

A．that B．it C．which D．what

5、The novel is ______ based on his childhood life.

A．sincerely

B．gradually

C．loosely

D．finally

6、In 1776, two Spanish men were seeking a way to travel from Santa Fe, in________ is now New Mexico, to California on the west coast of North America.

A．where

B．that

C．which

D．what

7、My close friends，after they heard about my experiences in South America，________ said it was totally out of their imagination.

A.which B.them

C.all D.who

8、— Why was Tom so happy yesterday?

— Lacking work experience ________ him his job, but luck smiled on him.

A. could have cost   B. should have cost   C. must have cost   D. may have cost

9、We got up early for fear that we ______ miss the early bus.

A. could   B. should   C. will D. can

10、In her first class, her professor asked her and her classmates _________ impresses them most when it comes to Arica.

A. how   B. what

C. which   D. that

11、---- Remember the first time you ____ her?

----Sure, she was singing on the stage.

A. had met    B. met

C. would meet   D. were meeting

12、-Where are you exactly?

I_  ___to you from a small town about 50 miles away from your city

A. will speak   B. am speaking

C. have spoken   D. speak

13、The reform and opening-up policy introduced in the late 1970s ________ another boom in sci-fi appetite in China.

A.gave off B.showed off C.laid off D.kicked off

14、I wonder whether you could ______ me ______ for the night when I come to London because all the hotels are full.

A. put; up B. put; away

C. put; out   D. put; off

15、He’s become the ________ for a lot of criticism recently.

A．pressure

B．target

C．function

D．trick

16、Enough has been said about health. _______ we should be aware that nothing is more valuable than health which is a solid foundation of one’s success.

A.In all B.In bold C.In approval D.In conclusion

17、--- Do you remember when I first met you?

---- Of course. I ___________ at Oxford University.

A. studied   B. had studied

C. have studied   D. was studying

18、--- Can David take charge of the international department?

--- I’m afraid it’s ________ his ability.

A．under

B．within

C．beyond

D．over

19、—Johnson is feeling a bit ________ after last night’s get-together.

—Well, he must have drunk himself stupid during it and he should have a rest.

A. distant   B. fragile

C. empty   D. weird

20、  If  Susan ______  for  ten more minutes  at  the  party  last  night,  she might  have met  Johnny  Depp,  the  famous  Hollywood  star.

A.  stayed B.  would  stay

C.  had  stayed   D.  would  have  stayed

21、While it may be unlikely for a computer to write a best seller, a technology expert has created a computer program that writes its own fiction stories with minimal user input. The program, called MEXICA, is the first to generate original stories based on computerized representations of emotions and tensions between characters.

An Internet survey was carried out to see the popularity of the computer-generated stories, other computerized stories and stories written solely by a human. The result was that readers ranked MEXICA stories highest for flow and coherence, structure, content, suspense and overall quality. Rafael Pérezy Pérez, the creator of MEXICA, explained that a story might begin with something as basic as, “The enemy wounded the knight. The princess cured the knight. The knight killed the enemy. The knight rewarded the princess. The end.”

The program reads characters as variables (变量) and assigns a numerical value, between a continuum (连续体) from -3 to +3, to emotional connections that are defined as either amorous or non-amorous. The numerical value is equivalent to the degree of emotion, with -3 being intense hate and +3 being intense love. The program also understands story tension, such as linking the word “wounded” with tension. This too is assigned a numerical value.

Once these clusters of emotional links and tensions are established, the program begins what is called an “engagement reflection cycle”. Basically this involves searching a database of story actions and other happenings, which are called “atoms”, and determines the best match for the characters and contexts for that moment.

The process repeats itself again and again until the system can no longer make any matches. At this point, the computer analyzes the story for coherence and “interestingness”. The program views a story as interesting when tension levels increase and fall throughout the piece. If the program finds that the story is boring or incoherent in places, it will replace or insert atoms until a version is thought to be satisfactory.

【1】What can we know about MEXICA from the passage?

A. It is a computer program that can write fiction stories on its own.

B. It is a computer program created by Rafael Pérezy Pérez.

C. It is blamed for low quality among many other descriptors.

D. The stories it has written is not very popular among readers.

【2】What is basically needed for MEXICA to start to write a story?

A. The beginning and the end of the story should be provided.

B. The background of the story needs to be keyed in.

C. The human operator should come up with a simple storyline.

D. Emotions and tensions between characters should be determined.

【3】How does the computer system describe the characters in its story?

A. Characters in the story are given different numerical values.

B. Characters are developed according to the tension preset.

C. Characters are designed by using the language MEXICA can understand.

D. Each character is valued for its value in the construction of the story.

【4】What are “atoms” understood by the computer system?

A. The tensions preset for the story.

B. The characters designed for the story.

C. Episodes of action of the story.

D. Events becoming of the characters.

22、The Rio Carnival(狂欢节)

What is it?

The Rio de Janeiro carnival, held annually in the month of February, is a spectacular celebration of life that attracts millions of people onto the streets of the Brazilian city. The whole country stops to watch, either in the city itself or on the television. It is estimated that each year 700,000 visitors come to watch from all over the world.

“Samba” schools

The music played throughout the carnival procession is called the “samba”. Many participants belong to “samba” schools where they learn to dance and play the music which is so popular throughout Brazil. There are about 30 “samba” schools with thousands of members. They perform for four entire nights in a huge area called the “Sambadrome”. The schools take part in an official competition and the best of them is awarded a prize. Each school is assessed on its costumes, the theme of its performance and the quality of the music. Some “samba” schools hold street parties and perform in their local areas because many people cannot afford to buy a ticket for the official competition.

The stars of the show

Each school is led by a queen followed by hundreds of drummers and brightly decorated carnival vehicles. The Carnival Queens are the biggest stars and they are chosen from amongst the most beautiful women in each community. As well as beauty, the queen has to be very fit to lead her group of drummers on the slow procession through the streets of Rio.

“Blocos” parades

“Blocos” parades have become an important feature of Rio’s carnival in addition to the “samba” schools. These parades are less formal and include groups of musicians from the same neighborhood who just want to sing, dance and have a good time. Today, they number more than 100 and the groups increase each year. They all dress in costumes or T-shirts with special themes or logos. Before the show they gather in a square, then parade through sections of the city, before performing near to the beach. Some of them have a particular place such as a cafe where they play and dance to attract spectators.

【1】Which of the following details illustates that the Rio de Janeiro carnival is the largest show in the world?

A．It is usually held at the beginning of each year.

B．The whole country stops to watch its live shows on TV.

C．More than half a million visitors come for it every year.

D．The city streets all over Brazil are crowded because of it.

【2】What can be learned about Samba schools?

A．They teach children to dance to the music of samba.

B．They choose samba queens from people on the street.

C．They collect money for those cannot afford a ticket.

D．They usually give performances at night during the carnival.

【3】“Blocos” parade are different from the samba schools in how _________ they are.

A．popular

B．formal

C．unusual

D．noisy

23、If it were up to me, I’d write this piece next week or even later. Let the dust settle a bit. But I have my father’s insistent voice in my head: the story is now, so you write it now. No one wants to read last week’s news.

My father Michael was a journalist. He started at age 16 on his local paper, the Luton News, and after nine years there, he went on to a six-decade career that saw him write more than 40 biographies of Hollywood stars and spend a quarter-century presenting a weekly radio show.

From him I learned about deadlines and accuracy, and absorbed his rule about professional clothing, one he had been taught by his first boss. Even when he was working at home, my father would follow that rule: shirt and tie, every day.

There were other less obvious lessons. The first is about being manly. Driven and competitive, he wasn’t present for the birth of any of his three children, but he was the very model of being loving and faithful. My father never took me to the football or taught me to change a tyre. In a pub, he might manage some drinks, but his main focus would usually be the food menu. He was a model of a different kind of maleness.

But perhaps the biggest lesson I learned from him was about resilience. He got deep blows, losing both his wife and firstborn child, my sister Fiona, within two years of each other. And yet, somehow, he got back up again. He taught himself to cook and continued to dress neatly, picking out a bright jacket that ensured he stood out in a room. He would meet editors and write stories with the same hunger he had 65 years earlier. Younger colleagues keep using the same word about him: appealing.

I hope I learned his resilience, the way I learned about being a journalist. People keep telling me that my father was proud of me; and the truth is I was proud of him. Raised in a hard-up corner of wartime England, he went off to see the world—and he never stopped looking forward and upward, staring at the stars.

【1】What has made the author write down the text so soon?

A. His father’s words motivated him to do so.

B. He wanted to settle down after the writing.

C. He wanted to write it before he forgot it.

D. It was the story he insisted on writing.

【2】What was the author’s impression of his father?

A. He always managed to dress up following the fashion.

B. He sometimes had a hard time meeting the work deadline.

C. He trained the author to be manly and do the basic things.

D. He was competitive at work and remained a loving Dad.

【3】What was the best lesson the author learned from his father?

A. The necessity of keeping good shape.

B. Quick recovery from suffering or blow.

C. The ability to get a content career.

D. The pride one takes in his/her parents.

【4】What can be a suitable title for the text?

A. Dad Left a Deep Impression on Me for His Work

B. Dad Proved Faithful and Loving for the Family

C. My Dad Showed How to Be a Journalist and a Man

D. I Learned to Recover Quickly after a Suffering

24、The Song Dynasty(960-1279) is often referred to as the Chinese Renaissance(文艺复兴). For about three and a quarter centuries, under its rule, China enjoyed a period of economic growth with great artistic and intellectual achievements.

One of the most important factors in the Song Renaissance was the printing press which made for a rebirth of classical Confucian learning. By the 10th century,printers were producing a large number of copies of the classical Confucian texts. With this increase in the production of books, education spread and became widely available.

Printing also had its greatest influence on the Chinese political system. In the Song Dynasty, govemment examinations became the most important way to political power in China. For almost 1,000 years, China was govemed by men who had done very well in examinations. Thousands of students studied for the exams, and thousands of inexpensive books were required. Without printing, such a system would not have been possible.

The Song period was also the golden age of Chinese painting. Emperor Huizong(1101-1125) was a talented painter who encouraged the arts. A royal painting academy was created and many fine artists were supported. The period is best known for nature subjects and landscape paintings. Guo Xi used perspective in his paintings and The Quict Valley is one of his best-known works. One of the greatest landscape painters of the period was Fan Kuan. His masterpiece, Travelling among Mountains and Gorges, is one of the most famous Chinese paintings. Completed around the year 1000, it was inspired by the power of nature and the relative insignificance of humans.

【1】When was the Chinese Renaissance?

A. Immediately after the Renaissance in Europe.   B. During the Song Dynasty.

C. At the time of Confucius.   D. in the year 1,000.

【2】What contributed to spreading the ideas of Confucius?

A. The spread of education to the middle classes.

B. People’s new interest in classical texts.

C. The development of painting.

D. The printing press and a wide availability of books.

【3】How did people become politicians at the time?

A. Only members of the wealthy class could go into politics.

B. A small number of powerful families ran the country.

C. Only members good at painting were supported by the royalty.

D. There was a special exam system to select politicians.

【4】From the passage we can know the painter of Travelling among Mountains and Gorges is ＿＿＿．

A. Guo Xi

B. Emperor Huizong

C. Fan Kuan

D. Confucius

25、Shirley Jeanne Allen loved to sing and play the piano. She studied music in college and her_________was to become a concert pianist or blues singer.

Everything_________when she was 20 years old. She became sick and she almost died. Doctors gave her medicine to help her get well, but the medicine_________her to become totally deaf. She could no longer enjoy the music which she had always_________ . Shirley certainly loved playing the piano, but she had to change her_________ . She transferred (转移) to Gallaudet University and studied English. In 1964, Shirley_________from Gallaudet University and found a job.

For three years, Shirley worked as a clerk in Washington, D. C. Then, in 1967 she was asked to_________at Gallaudet University as a dorm supervisor (宿舍管理员). In her free time, she found time to_________school at Harvard University in Washington, D. C. In 1972, Shirley received her master degree.

Always_________a new challenge, in 1973 Shirley became a professor at National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), which__________deaf and hard of hearing students technical and professional training.

This__________woman became the first black deaf female in the world to__________her PhD. She made__________in 1992, when she received the highest degree in education from the University of Rochester in New York.

Dr Shirley Jeanne Allen travelled on many roads and__________her own aims. With courage and__________, she never gave up.

【1】

A．schedule

B．interest

C．dream

D．duty

【2】

A．happened

B．disappeared

C．arrived

D．changed

【3】

A．allowed

B．caused

C．motivated

D．enabled

【4】

A．specialized

B．loved

C．studied

D．remembered

【5】

A．method

B．major

C．job

D．attitude

【6】

A．escaped

B．learned

C．graduated

D．resulted

【7】

A．teach

B．research

C．work

D．consult

【8】

A．attend

B．observe

C．describe

D．advertise

【9】

A．content with

B．concerned about

C．disappointed about

D．ready for

【10】

A．sells

B．promises

C．pays

D．offers

【11】

A．amazing

B．strict

C．wealthy

D．attractive

【12】

A．accept

B．promote

C．deliver

D．receive

【13】

A．progress

B．trouble

C．sense

D．history

【14】

A．combined

B．boosted

C．pursued

D．appreciated

【15】

A．determination

B．intelligence

C．honesty

D．pride

26、请根据以下提示，并结合具体事例，用英语写一篇短文。

Anger, a negative mood, does harm to everyone around you, including yourself. To lead a happy life and have a good relationship with others, learn to control anger.

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