崇左2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测高三英语

1、It’s wise to keep on ______ good terms with neighbouring countries, which will be mutually beneficial in ______ long term.

A．/; a

B．the; a

C．/; the

D．the; the

2、_______ the global pollution, he recommended everybody _______ the environmental protection cause.

A．In terms of; be devoted to

B．As for; devoted to

C．Concerning; would be devoted to

D．Apart from; should devote to

3、This is the only one of the best novels that ________published last year.

A．is

B．are

C．was

D．were

4、Has it been announced ______?

A. when are the planes to take off

B. that are the planes to take off

C. where are the planes to take off

D. when the planes are to take off

5、_______ the teachers who paid a visit to our school this year was smaller than that of last year.

A.The number of B.A number of C.A great deal of D.Plenty of

6、The new manager promised to keep me _____ of how our business was going on.

A.to be informed B.on informing C.informing D.informed

7、____the suggestions offered above, and you will look and feel much better in no time at all!

A. Following   B. Followed   C. To follow   D. Follow

8、Kate is looking forward________ to the ball.

A．to be invited

B．being invited

C．to inviting

D．to being invited

9、I do not have a job. I would find one but I________ no time.

A．had

B．didn’t have

C．had had

D．have

10、What is it _____ his daughter needs most?

A.what  B.which  C.that  D.if

11、A few weeks later, the first buildings ______ had been damaged were repaired.

A.which B.that C.where D.in which

12、He is a man of great integrity and ______ judgement who can always tell right from wrong at the critical moment.

A.delicate B.influential C.sound D.innovative

13、 — How about dinner tonight? It’s on me.

— ______.

A. You are welcome B. Oh, I’d like to

C. Well, I’m afraid so   D. That’s all right

14、________ I’m unhappy, it is my friend Jane who cheers me up.

A．Wherever

B．Whoever

C．Whenever

D．Whatever

15、—Volunteering is becoming increasingly popular in China.

—Yes. People are now __________ that helping others is helping themselves.

A. awake   B. aware C. amazed   D. Annoyed

16、She gave me to share it so long as I hid her identity.

A. permission   B. refusal

C. apology   D. excuse

17、He was in hospital for six months. He felt as if he was cut ________ from the outside world.

A．of

B．up

C．off

D．down

18、If you want to get more information about the project, just call 00952012. It ______ be simpler.

A．mustn’t

B．won’t

C．needn’t

D．couldn’t

19、Professor James will gave us a lecture on the Western culture, but when and where ________ yet.

A．hasn’t been decided

B．haven’t been decided

C．isn’t being decided

D．aren’t being decided

20、If you come across a word ________meaning you have forgotten，please look it up in a dictionary.

A．in which

B．which

C．whose

D．that

21、We will be ______ happy if you could join us in the party.

A．other than

B．more than

C．rather than

D．less than

22、It was ______ I came to know the importance of English _____ I began to pay more attention to my English classes.

A．when, that

B．since, which

C．since, that

D．when, which

23、______ is our belief that improvements in health care will lead to a stronger, more prosperous economy.

A. Which   B. What   C. It   D. As

24、These devices promise to ______ change the way we live and work.

A．necessarily

B．ironically

C．dramatically

D．luxuriously

25、Readers are required to observe the rules of the library and mind their manners.

A．观察

B．评论

C．庆祝

D．遵守

26、The idea of humans causing earthquakes may seem strange at first. After all, you can run around your backyard and jump up and down all you want, and the ground isn’t going to start shaking. However, scientists have identified over 700 places where human activity has brought about earthquakes over the last century.

While many human-caused earthquakes are mild and don’t cause much damage, some of them can be serious and dangerous. In fact, scientists believe human activity has caused earthquakes with magnitudes as high as 7.9 on the Richter scale.

Scientists believe most human-caused earthquakes are the result of mining. As companies drill deeper and deeper below Earth’s surface to take out natural resources, holes left behind can cause instability which leads to a sudden falling down that causes earthquakes. Building large dams can also cause earthquakes. For example, about 80,000 people died in China in 2008 as a result of a 7.9-magnitude earthquake caused by 320 million tons of water that had been collected in the Zipingpu Reservoir after a large dam was built over a known fault line(断层线).

Anther human activity leading to earthquakes is hydraulic fracturing (水力压裂) for oil and gas. In this process, water, sand, and chemicals are forced to flow underground under high pressure to fracture rocks to let natural resources out. As those resources, such as oil and natural gas, make their way to the surface, so do the water and chemicals that were injected to begin the process. This wastewater is collected and often transported to deep underground again. Both the fracking process and wastewater have been shown to cause earthquakes.

These aren’t the only human activities that can cause earthquakes, though. Scientists point out that earthquakes can also be caused by other human activities.

【1】How does human activity cause earthquakes according to the text?

A．Large dams are built away from the fault line.

B．The wastewater of hydraulic fracturing joins large rivers.

C．Mining leads to the deeper holes left below the Earth’s surface.

D．Hydraulic fracturing makes natural resources flow underground.

【2】How does the author organize the text?

A．By giving examples.

B．By making comparisons.

C．By presenting opinions.

D．By providing instructions.

【3】What is the writing purpose of the text?

A．To remind people to stop the above-mentioned activities.

B．To inform readers of human activities causing earthquakes.

C．To explain the reasons for many earthquakes in recent years.

D．To present the damage of human-caused earthquakes to the earth.

27、   Modern life is impossible without traveling. The fastest way of traveling is by air. With a modern airliner you can travel in one day to places which it took a month or more to get to a hundred years ago.

Traveling by train is slower than by air, but it has its own advantages. For example, you can see the country you are traveling through. Besides, modern trains have comfortable seats and dining cars. They make even the longest journey enjoyable and comfortable.

Some people prefer to travel by sea when possible. There are large liners and river boats. You can visit many other countries and different places. Traveling by sea is a very pleasant way to spend a holiday.

Many people like to travel by car. You can make your own timetable. You can travel three or four hundred miles or only fifty or one hundred miles a day, just as you like. You can stop wherever you wish—where there is something interesting to see, at a good restaurant where you can enjoy a good meal, or at a hotel to spend the night. That is why traveling by car is popular for pleasure trips, while people usually take a train or a plane when they are traveling on business.

【1】From the passage, we know the fastest way of traveling is ______.

A.by car B.by train C.by air D.by sea

【2】If we travel by car, we can ______.

A.make the longest journey enjoyable

B.make our own timetable

C.travel to a very far place in several minutes

D.travel only fifty or one hundred miles a day

【3】The underlined word “They” in the second paragraph refers to ______.

A.modern trains in the country B.comfortable seats and dining cars

C.the travelers on the modern train D.the slower ways of traveling

【4】When people travel on business, they usually take ______.

A.a train or a plane B.a boat or a train

C.a plane or a car D.a car or a boat

28、There’s a lot for teenagers to do! Trying new things is a great way to become more independent, explore your own interests and learn about other places and cultures. 【1】

What about going to a festival? 【2】 Camp Bestival has The Den, an area for 13-17 year olds, with music, DJs, workshops and activities-no adults allowed! The Larmer Tree Festival, a three-day music festival, has an excellent Youth Zone where you can have fun. 【3】 I’d also recommend(推荐) the Citadel. It is a one-day event, so it’s an ideal first-time festival.

Staying somewhere beautiful overnight is another option. The Youth Hostels Association has over 200 places to stay in England and Wales and many of them are close to national parks. The hostels are clean and warm, and they have everything you need. Last summer, I went youth hostelling for four days with a group of friends in the Peak District. 【4】 What we really liked was being able to cook all our own meals in the kitchen. A one-night stay costs less than $ 20, so it’s a bargain.

【5】 You won’t have to organise anything because there are adults to help. But don’t worry they won’t tell you what to do, and you’ll get a lot of freedom to do what you want. Some tours even include volunteer programmes, language programmes or specialties such as photography, so there is something for everyone. One thing is certain: you’ll meet lots of other young people and have a great time.

A．Camp Bestival and Larmer Tree are really teen-friendly.

B．We stayed each night at a different hostel.

C．You’ll need a separate ticket for each journey.

D．Here are just a few ideas.

E．You can enjoy different band performances.

F．It’s a great way to see some of Europe’s most amazing sights.

G．If you love travelling, you can join group tours for teens.

29、Coming to the end of my assistantship in Barcelona, I start to think about what the future might hold. It’s been seven months and a few days since I arrived here and things have changed so much in what some might call a short period of time.

When I first arrived in Terrassa I was excited and nervous to start a new adventure in a country I love. The first few days seemed so long ago now, trying to find a place to live, organising my timetable with the schools, meeting new people. After a couple of weeks, the excitement started to fade, however, and homesickness started to set in. It wasn’t a powerful homesickness but enough to make me spend more than a few nights thinking about family and friends back home, wondering if I should be there with them.

All that started to change after meeting some new friends and spending good time with them, practising languages, eating together and seeing new places as a group. I suppose we should never forget how important it is to have good people in your life, because they can make such a difference.

Coming back to Terrassa after visiting home for Christmas felt like returning to a second home, to a place that was mine with people I cared about. Things got even more busy and more people came into my life; new friends, romance and a whole lot of good food flowed by in what seems to have been weeks, not months.

Now, looking forward, there are some decisions to make. Should I return home to Scotland and move on with life there or try to extend my time here, perhaps make it something permanent? To travel and visit other places is one of the most meaningful things you can do in life. Experiencing other cultures, learning about the world, it’s such an important thing to do if you have the means. My thought from my experience so far is to travel and try new things whenever getting the opportunity.

【1】What can we learn from paragraph 2?

A．The author made a wrong decision.

B．The author came to Terrassa to find a job.

C．It’s hard for the author to adapt to the life there.

D．The author’s mood changed a lot over time.

【2】What does paragraph 3 focus on?

A．The importance of making friends.

B．The diversity of characters and cultures.

C．The variety of people’s life.

D．The necessity of basic learning skills.

【3】What does the author benefit from the experience in Barcelona?

A．Learning a foreign language is a must.

B．It’s very important to try new things.

C．His own country is always the best.

D．Hard work is the key to success.

【4】What’s the best title of the passage?

A．How to Make a Great Difference?

B．Ways of fully Changing Your Life

C．What does the Future Hold for Me?

D．A Decision to Work as an Assistant

30、Herb Chasan could have eased into retirement after spending 18 years teaching in high school and another 30 years remodeling homes. But the 80-year-old didn’t _________. He saw a need in the lower-income neighborhoods near his home and he wanted to _________ it.

So Mr. Chasan _________ Hoops and Homework, an after-school program providing _________ for youths up to age 14. Since 2012, it has helped over 300 children, who otherwise would have gone home to _________ houses or wandered around the streets until their parents got off work.

Every Wednesday afternoon, the day’s volunteers would _________ the children with their homework ranging from science to art projects. The air was filled with laughter and questions from those _________ minds.

Thanks to the founder Mr. Chasan and a group of _________ volunteers, the children have spent their afternoons _________ making crafts, playing basketball, learning violin and gardening in the __________ of a small army of tutors (助教).

While the __________ after-school operations have been affected by COVID-19, Mr. Chasan is still planning to __________ the program for the benefit of more children in need.

“Our __________ is to help these kids break the cycle of __________—to have a good job, to be a success,” says Mr. Chasan. The work isn’t easy, but the __________ can be big.

【1】

A．wait

B．rest

C．change

D．leave

【2】

A．meet

B．contact

C．recognize

D．stress

【3】

A．signed up for

B．looked forward to

C．applied for

D．set up

【4】

A．donations

B．interviews

C．activities

D．exams

【5】

A．empty

B．distant

C．messy

D．small

【6】

A．impress

B．assist

C．provide

D．inspire

【7】

A．injured

B．determined

C．curious

D．positive

【8】

A．selfless

B．polite

C．graceful

D．cheerful

【9】

A．casually

B．formally

C．smoothly

D．productively

【10】

A．control

B．attention

C．protection

D．admiration

【11】

A．costly

B．occasional

C．regular

D．dull

【12】

A．choose

B．replace

C．quit

D．advance

【13】

A．goal

B．request

C．problem

D．profession

【14】

A．violence

B．addiction

C．poverty

D．anxiety

【15】

A．honour

B．reward

C．demand

D．result

31、Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

Health Workers Aim to Save Lives of Mothers, Babies with Smartphone Data

A new project in India and Uganda is aimed at helping health workers save the lives of mothers and babies with information from electronic devices.

The $100 million project is 【1】 by the Rockefeller Foundation, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, the World Bank and other groups. Officials plan to 【2】 the project to a total of 10 countries. The goal is to 【3】 the premature deaths of 6 million women and children by 2030.

Raj Shah is president of the Rockefeller Foundation, which leads the project. The group is providing $60 million of the $100 million 【4】 cost. Shah said the plan is to give health workers low-cost tools to help them gather the information they need to help communities and families most at risk.

The project will provide 【5】 such as real-time risk maps to help health workers reach mothers and children. Workers also will be able to study non-health data on climate or social media patterns to predict and prepare for local disease 【6】 or health emergencies.

Shah told Reuters, "A few years ago, these community health workers had no real technology ... today the vast majority of them have smartphones with data and software technologies in their hands --- and with those, we can help them do their work better."

A U.N. report published last week 【7】 that more women and newborn babies survive now than ever before. But the report said that a baby or a 【8】 woman still dies every 11 seconds somewhere in the world.

Deaths of mothers are nearly 50 times higher for women in sub-Saharan Africa than in 【9】 countries. The report also found that babies in Sub-Saharan Africa are 10 times more 【10】 to die in their first month of life.

32、Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible.

Decision fatigue

Decision fatigue occurs when people feel very tired from making too many choices. Psychologists have found that, even though we generally like having choices, having to make too many decisions in a short amount of time may lead us to make decisions that are less than ideal.

Many of us would probably guess that we’d be happier with more options (选择). However, researchers have found that this isn’t necessarily true—in some cases, we actually seem to do better when we have a more limited set of options. In one research paper, psychologists looked at the consequences of being given either many or few choices of jams. The researchers found that participants who had seen the display with more choices were much less likely to actually buy a jar of jam, compared to participants who saw the more limited display—suggesting that having too many choices may not be a good thing for consumers.

While choosing jams may seem like a relatively small choice, it turns out that people who have to make too many decisions may make poor decisions—or even put off making a decision.

Luckily, researchers have found that decision fatigue does not often happen; instead, choice overload (过量) seems to occur when the decisions we have to make are especially difficult. But if it really occurs, what can we do about it? One way to avoid decision fatigue can be to streamline (使成流线型) the choices we make and find habits and routines that work for us—instead of making new choices each day. The principle here is to limit how much of our day is spent making choices that aren’t personally important to us. Other suggestions for managing decision fatigue include making key decisions earlier in the day and knowing when you might need to take a nap and revisit a problem with fresh eyes.