淮北2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测三年级英语

1、Claire knew that Gladys thought she was having an   .

A. affair   B. assistant   C. aspect   D. attraction

2、It was with great joy ________ he went to Shanghai to work as a volunteer there.

A. because   B. before   C. since D. that

3、 As time went by, the plan ____ fairly practical.

A.to proved B.to proving

C.proved D.to be proved

4、___________ on the computers, and you _________ informed of the news worldwide right away.

A.Turn... will be

B.Turning ...are

C.To turn...will

D.Having turned...are

5、The percentage of students at high schools who ________ newly diagnosed with depression  ________not dropped significantly.

A．was; has

B．were; has

C．was; have

D．were; have

6、After school , we went to the reading room to do some reading, only______ that it________.

A. to tell , was decorating   B. telling, was decorated

C. to be told, was being decorated   D. being told, was being decorated

7、—Jason, do you know a famous band called the Monkees ?

—Of course. It   about 1970, but happily they reunited in the mid-1980s.

A. got down B. got up C. broke up D. set down

8、Performances, ________ the public was admitted for free, were arranged fortnightly.

A.them B.in which C.to which D.when

9、To be honest, I regret not having concentrated my time and energy ________ my study.

A．in

B．to

C．for

D．on

10、 The guide was enthusiastic and knowledgeable and we spent a lovely evening wandering into places which we ________ straight past otherwise.

A. had walked   B. were walking

C. would have walked  D. must have walked

11、No, I was thinking more like a distraction. You know, like ___________ so the nurses all come running out.

A.relieving him of his burden B.leaving things up to the fates

C.skipping practice D.making the fire alarm go off

12、Effective measures have been taken to prevent _______pollution.

A. exhausted gas B. exhausting gas

C. exhaust gas   D. exhaustion gas

13、—Is John’s model plane different ________ yours?

— Yes, but Paul’s is similar ________ mine.

A.to; to B.from; as C.from; to D.as; as

14、The weight of a male lion can reach 240 kg, _____ an adult man.[]

A. three times the weight of

B. the three times weight of

C. as heavy as three times

D. as three times heavy as

15、It might have_______ your notice but I am very busy at the moment.

A. quit   B. neglected

C. escaped   D. denied

16、Although she had been ill for a long time, it still came as a shock when she ______ died.

A. eventually   B. willingly

C. unexpectedly   D. disappointedly

17、—Do you like my lecture?

— , sir. In fact, I can't understand everything you said.

A.No doubt B.No wonder C.No offence D.No problem

18、Delete the short message at once! Many a man ______ by such tricks up to now.

A.are cheated B.is cheated

C.have been cheated D.has been cheated

19、The small mountain village was ________ by the snow for more than one month.

A. cut back   B. cut out

C. cut off   D. cut away

20、He is an untiring ________ of educational reform. He advocates ________ the teachers for their excellent jobs.

A.advocator; rewarding B.advocate; rewarding

C.advocator, to reward D.advocate; to reward

21、   In my late 20s, my world turned upside down in just 72 hours, my husband and I both lost our jobs at the same time in one disastrous week in May. Doug worked at a local construction(建筑）company, while I was a quality-control inspector for Jan Sport. We were both extremely hard workers, but we could not deal with a depressed economy (经济）.

Doug was laid off on Wednesday and, two short days later, I learned that my entire company had decided to move to Mexico to save money.

In the space of several days, we were without any means to support our family.

As you can imagine, I didn't react well to the news that both my husband and I were suddenly out of work without any earlier warning. Who would? I wanted to find a place to hide, but that wasn't a choice. Doug, understandably, felt unhappy. It was also one of the only three times in our entire marriage when I saw fear in his eyes.

Fortunately, our family had made a smart decision a few years earlier that saved us from the disaster. It had taken us two years, but we managed to save a $l,000 emergency fund(资金）．At the time, that $1,000 emergency fund was equal to about six weeks of bills.

Without that emergency fund to pay our rent, we would have probably been homeless. My family all lived in the Midwest-more than 2,000 miles away from us-so we didn't really have family support as a backup choice at the time. But having our emergency fund allowed us to pay bills for the next month. At the same time, we focused on job searches. Luckily, we both found work a few weeks later.

【1】What did the author think resulted in their unemployment?

A．Their laziness.

B．Their carelessness.

C．Their lack of new skills.

D．Their companies' poor situations.

【2】How did the author's husband react to the loss of their jobs?

A．He tried to keep calm.

B．He felt very worried.

C．He remained hopeful.

D．He decided to keep it secret.

【3】Why did the author mention her family in the last paragraph?

A．To show they have other choices.

B．To show the importance of family.

C．To show family's support was impossible.

D．To show how she overcame her difficulties.

【4】What can we learn from the text?

A．We should always stay active.

B．We should use our money wisely.

C．It's necessary to seek help sometimes.

D．It's important to prepare for rainy days.

22、Our cities have never been denser, taller, or busier than they are now, and with that comes the constant battle for land. But if we look at images of any city center, we can quickly spot plenty of unused space-the rooftops. What can we use this precious resource for?

In many cities, it is dedicated to recreation like bars and pools. But when a rooftop offers access to sunlight, there are two more choices for its use-agriculture and solar power.

Green roofs have been growing in popularity for more than a decade, and in some cases growing in scale too. They can provide a habitat for birds and insects in an otherwise unfriendly environment. They are also used to keep the building cool and decrease storm water runoff. Green roofs come with the added benefit of reducing the terrible urban heat island effect, whereby, as a result of heat-absorbing materials like asphalt(沥青)and concrete, cities can be several degrees warmer than the surrounding cntryside. In contrast, trees and green spaces can absorb shortwave radiation, and use it to evaporate(蒸发)water from their leaves a kind of double cooling effect.

As food security and urban nutrition creep ever-higher on the agenda for the United Nations, there’s also a worldwide movement of using green roofs for food production. In regions with suitable climates, hundreds of different vegetables, fruits, herbs and salad leaves can be grown on rooftops. Beehives and chicken nests are also becoming commonplace amongst the high-rises.

With so many cities now stopping using fossil fuels, and the cost of solar panels dropping dramatically, PV(光伏)systems have become a good option to produce electricity. The US National Renewable Energy Laboratory have estimated that rooftop PV systems could generate almost 40% of the electricity demands nationwide.

However, the use of rooftops for food production could have higher local value than solar PV energy production, according to a recent paper by some US researchers focusing on the rooftops of a mixed-use neighborhood in Lisbon. Of course, in another city, you may come to exactly the opposite conclusion.

【1】Why does the author raise a question in the first paragraph?

A．To invite readers to answer it.

B．To introduce the topic.

C．To show off his knowledge.

D．To explain what green rooftop is.

【2】What is the benefit of city green rooftops?

A．Providing habitats for all animals.

B．Increasing storm water runoff.

C．Keeping the building warm.

D．Relieving the urban heat island effect.

【3】Which of the following is Not True?

A．Cities can be several degrees warmer than the surrounding countryside.

B．Green roofs are used for food production all over the world.

C．Rooftop PV systems could generate 40% of the electricity demands in the US.

D．Using rooftops for food production has higher value than solar PV energy production.

【4】What is probably the best title?

A．The Rise of Green Rooftop

B．The Benefits of the Urban Rooftop

C．The Advantage of PV Energy System

D．The Reason for Urban Rooftop’s Popularity

23、Pigeons in London have a bad reputation. Some people call them flying rats. And many blame them for causing pollution with their droppings. But now the birds are being used to fight another kind of pollution in this city of 8. 5 million.

“The problem for air pollution is that it’s been largely ignored as an issue for a long time,” says Andrea Lee, who works for the London-based environmental organization Client Earth. “People don’t realize how bad it is,and how it actually affects their health. ‘‘ London’s poor air quality is linked to nearly 10,000 early deaths a year. Lee says, citing report released by the city manager last year, “If people were better informed about the pollution they’re breathing,” she says,”they could pressure the government to do something about it. ‘‘

Nearby, on a windy hill in London’s Regent’s Park, an experiment is underway that could help-the first week of flights by the Pigeon Air Patrol. It all began when Pierre Duquesnoy, the director for DigitasLBi, a marketing firm, won a London Design Festival contest last year to show how a world problem could be solved using Twitter. Duquesnoy, from France, chose the problem of air pollution.

“Basically, I realized how important the problem was,v he says. “But also I realized that most of the people around me didn’t know anything about it. ‘‘ Duquesnoy says he wants to better measure pollution, while at the same time making the results accessible to the public through Twitter.

“So, “ he wondered, “how could we go across the city quickly collecting as much data as possible?” Drones ( 无人驾驶飞机)were his first thought. But it’s illegal to fly them over London. “But pigeons can fly above London,right?” he says. “They live -actually? they are Londoners as well. So, yeah, I thought about using pigeons equipped with mobile apps. And we can use not just street pigeons, but racing pigeons, because they fly pretty quickly and pretty low. “

So it might be time for Londoners to have more respect for their pigeons. The birds may just be helping to improve the quality of the city's air.

【1】What can we infer about London’s air quality from paragraph 2?

A．Londoners are very satisfied with it.

B．The government is trying to improve it.

C．The government has done a lot to improve it.

D．Londoners should pay more attention to it.

【2】Duquesnoy attended the London Design Festival to __.

A．entertain Londoners

B．solve a world problem

C．design a product for sale

D．protect animals like pigeons

【3】Why did Duquesnoy give up using drones to fly across London?

A．Because they are too expensive

B．Because they fly too quickly.

C．Because they are forbidden.

D．Because they fly too high.

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

A．London’s New Pollution Fighter

B．London’s Dirty Secret

C．Clean Air in London

D．Causes of Air Pollution in London

24、   Textbooks represent an 11 billion dollar industry, up from $8 billion in 2014. Textbook publisher Pearson is the largest publisher-of any kind-in the world.

It costs about $1 million to create a new textbook. A freshman textbook will have dozens of contributors, from subject-matter experts through art editors to expert reviewers and classroom testers. Textbook publishers connect professors, instructors and students in ways that alternatives, such as open e-textbooks and open educational resources, simply do not. This connection happens not only by means of cooperative development, review and testing, but also at conferences where all the teachers of a school regularly decide on their textbooks and curricula for the coming year.

It is true that textbook publishers have recently reported losses, largely due to students renting or buying used print textbooks. But this can be chalked up to the unreasonably high cost of their books-which has increased over 1000 percent since 1977. A restructuring of the textbook industry may well be in order. But this does not mean the end of the textbook itself.

While they may not be as dynamic as an iPad, textbooks are not passive or lifeless. For example, over the centuries, they have simulated (模拟) dialogues in a number of days.From 1800 to the present day, textbooks have done this by posing questions for students to answer inductively (归纳性地). That means students are asked to use their individual experience to come up with answers to general questions. Today’s psychology texts, for example, ask: “How much of your personality do you think you were born with?” while ones in physics say: “How can you predict where the ball you threw carelessly will land?”

Experts observe that “textbooks come in layers, something like an onion.” For an active learner, engaging with a textbook can be an interactive experience. Readers progress at their own pace. They “customize (定制)” their books by engaging with different layers and linkages. Highlighting, Post-It notes, dog-ears and other techniques allow for further customization that students value in print books over digital forms of books.

【1】What does the passage say about open educational resources?

A.They don’t profit as much as traditional textbooks do.

B.They can’t connect professors and students as textbooks do.

C.They contribute to teaching as much as to learning.

D.They compete fiercely for customers with textbook producers.

【2】What are students expected to do in the learning process?

A.Give answers showing their distinctive personality.

B.Ask questions based on their own understanding.

C.Think carefully before answering each question.

D.Answer questions using their personal experience.

【3】What do experts say about students using textbooks?

A.They can purchase customized versions.

B.They can digitalize the prints easily.

C.They can learn in an interactive way.

D.They can adapt the material themselves.

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

A.Textbooks Are Expensive to Create B.Textbooks Are Active and Interactive

C.Textbooks Are Not Going Away D.Textbooks Are Suffering Poor Sales

25、In a small town in the countryside, there lived a happy family named the Andersens. Mr. and Mrs. Anderson had two children — Jack and Emily. They were known in the town for their sense of_______.

Mr. Anderson was the town’s mayor and had a lot of_______to take care of. He was always working hard to_______his town and help improve the lives of its residents. Mrs. Anderson was a teacher at the local school and_______the town’s children. Jack and Emily were also very capable children, despite their_______. Jack was only twelve, but he was already helping his father with some of his duties in the town hall. Emily, who was only ten, loved to help her mother prepare_______for her students.

In October of last year, the_______was preparing for the town’s annual carnival, which was a big_______. Everyone in the town looked forward to the carnival and the Andersons were responsible for organizing the event. Mr. Anderson was_______arranging the rides and games, while Mrs. Anderson helped with the food and drinks together with other women. Jack and Emily were________given jobs and duties. Jack was________to paint the carnival signs. Emily called on her friends to________the carnival stage and make sure they looked attractive and colorful. All four members of the Anderson family worked hard to ensure that the carnival was a________. They spent long hours and________nights preparing for the event, ensuring that this year’s carnival would be even more________than before. The family’s devotion to the neighborhood shone a warm light in everyone’s heart.

【1】

A．belonging

B．achievement

C．responsibility

D．humour

【2】

A．feelings

B．accidents

C．hobbies

D．affairs

【3】

A．look after

B．clean up

C．talk about

D．take over

【4】

A．pleased

B．educated

C．praised

D．encouraged

【5】

A．energy

B．ages

C．goals

D．spirit

【6】

A．drinks

B．paintings

C．rides

D．lessons

【7】

A．family

B．class

C．staff

D．children

【8】

A．surprise

B．sell

C．event

D．problem

【9】

A．in charge of

B．in honor of

C．in favor of

D．in need of

【10】

A．often

B．also

C．finally

D．actually

【11】

A．taken

B．ordered

C．tasked

D．attracted

【12】

A．approach

B．check

C．protect

D．decorate

【13】

A．dream

B．plan

C．success

D．trial

【14】

A．safe

B．late

C．quiet

D．beautiful

【15】

A．exciting

B．important

C．expensive

D．complicated

26、假设你是新华中学的学生李华，在互联网上看到一个名为Peter的美国高中生所登出的一则征友信息，他希望结识一位中国朋友。请你用英语给Peter写一封电子邮件，主要内容包括：

1.得知其愿望，并愿意交友；

2.可以带他参观北京，学习汉语，品尝中国美食。

注意：1. 词数100左右（开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数）；

2.可适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。

Dear Peter,

I am Li Hua, a Chinese student studying in Xinhua Middle School. _________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

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______________________________________________________________________

I’m looking forward to your reply.

Yours sincerely,

Li Hua