三明2025学年度第一学期期末教学质量检测高三英语

1、It was playing video games that took the boy too much time that

he   have spent learning．

A. could   B. must

C. might   D. ought to

2、My smart watch battery   slow.It needs charging.

A.runs B.is run C.ran D.is running

3、Many e-commerce platforms play a great role in promoting employment, ________services from stock support to interest-free loans

A.offering B.to offer C.offered D.having offered

4、As is known to us all, ___ in a good atmosphere is what all parents wish for.

A. the children educated

B. the children are educated

C. the children’s being educated

D. the children to be educated

5、The young man who was expected to   his father’s company, made an unusual decision that he would start his own business.

A. hand over B. think over

C. go over D. take over

6、－What if the rainstorm continues?

－Come on guys! We have to meet the _______ whatever the weather.

A. standard B. demand

C. deadline D. satisfaction

7、The Zhuang is an ethnic group________ the population is the largest of all ethnic groups in China.

A．of whom

B．of which

C．of who

D．of that

8、______ more about our university courses, write to this address.

A. To find out B. Finding out

C. Found out   D. To be found out

9、It is confirmed that a person can not be actually pleased if ___ he appreciates doing is ignored by the company as of no value.

A. when   B. that   C. what   D. where

10、By the end of 2020, as is clearly stated, poverty relief work ________ across the country.

A.will have accomplished B.has been accomplished

C.has accomplished D.will have been accomplished

11、Common sense tells that there is still power loss even when you leave the TV set________.

A．in its own right

B．on the edge of your seat

C．in the stand-by mode

D．around the corner

12、— Many drugs have been forbidden recently.

— Actually. But the scientists say that before a new drug ___ on humans, plenty of studies___.

A. can be tested; are needed

B. can test; are needed

C. can be tested; need

D. can test; need

13、She asked the young man to be brief and _______ as she had little time to spare.

A．at best

B．in place

C．to the point

D．on the spot

14、I ______ go to the supermarket to purchase daily necessities, for it is far away from my house.

A.eventually B.constantly C.occasionally D.frequently

15、Hardly ______ when I regretted saying it.

A. had the word come out B. did the word come out

C. the word had come out D. the word came out

16、Hot   the night air was,we slept deeply because we were so tired after the long journey.

A. although   B. while   C. as   D. however

17、Just hang the towel _______ the back of the chair so that it will dry soon.

A. over   B. behind

C. with   D. from

18、After the Shenzhou XII capsule was launched into orbit, three astronauts successfully went into its space core module Tianhe and accomplished a three-month mission, thus again ________ China is a global space power.

A．proved

B．to prove

C．to have proved

D．proving

19、— How can I wake up so early?

—Set the alarm at 5:00 am.,   you will make it.

A. and   B. but

C. or   D. so

20、The economy of the last quarter was much stronger than ______ predicted, driven by a rare increase in government spending.

A. vaguely     B. randomly

C. consistently   D. originally

21、   Esports (electronic sports) are organized competitions where players — often referred to as “athletes” — face off against each other in video games. They are not just games in a sense. Actually, they are a sport that can improve the players’ thinking ability, hand-eye coordination, willpower and team spirit.

The esports industry has experienced significant growth in recent years around the world, though it’s still in the nascent stage, which means it has huge growth potential going forward.

While the assumption is that esports are only a recent phenomenon, in reality the first esports-like event was held back in 1972, when some Stanford University students competed against one another in the game Spacewar. The prize? A year-long subscription to Rolling Stone magazine.

The ’80s saw the first true videogame tournament, with over 10,000 players gathering for the Space Invaders Championship. However, most of the period saw that players focused on beating each other’s highest scores rather than competing in organized tournaments.

As gaming became more popular, the ’90s became the first decade when esports (a term which wasn’t yet coined) began to really take off, with companies such as Nintendo and Sega holding professional gaming tournaments. This is also when we began to see money becoming a factor in professional gaming. But it is the 1997 Red Annihilation Quake tournament that is considered the world’s first real esports event. Only a few weeks later, the Cyberathlete Professional League was formed — an organization which is considered a pioneer of esports.

Due to the normalization of gaming and the Internet (along with technological advances), the real surge ( 激增 ) of esports came in the recent decade. It was then that we began seeing what we now know to be modern-day esports. As streaming platforms such as YouTube took off, people began to show interest in not only playing videogames but watching them too. Popular tournaments now sell out stadiums and professional players can earn millions from prize money, advertising and salaries.

【1】What does the underlined word “nascent” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?

A．Beginning.

B．Peak.

C．Mature.

D．Final.

【2】How does the text mainly develop?

A．By providing examples.

B．By making comparisons.

C．By following the order of time.

D．By following the order of importance.

【3】What can be learned about esports?

A．They spread worldwide overnight.

B．Prize money appeared in the 1990s.

C．The first real esports event was held in 1972.

D．The athletes in esports are programmers.

【4】What seems to be the author’s viewpoint on modern-day esports?

A．They are getting popular.

B．They become too commercialized.

C．They boost the normalization of the Internet.

D．Their development relies on advertising.

22、Dundonald Care Club has a jam-packed, exciting and fun-filled program of activities and outings for your child to participate in.

Information

Open: Monday to Friday 8:00 am－6:00 pm, from Monday 14 to Monday 21 October (inclusive)

Costs: £18 per day (8:00 am―6:00 pm)

£10 per half day (8:00 am—1:00 pm or 1:00 pm~~6:00 pm)

£80 fulll week

Please note that bookings MUST be made 2 weeks in advance and paid in FULL.

Dundonald Care Club (available at Dundonald only)

Please check the program on whether a full or half day booking is available. Weather not permitting, a suitable alternative activity may be provided.

【1】If you go to the Dundonald Care Club on Monday and Friday, you at least pay ________.

A. £36   B. £28   C. £98   D. £90

【2】What will visitors do at 8:00 am—1:00 pm, 16 October?

A. Make Halloween crafts.   B. Do some sports activities.

C. Prepare some sweet treats.   D. Have a West FM Studio Tour.

【3】What information can we learn from the passage?

A. There are no activities at weekends.

B. Outings are the center of the program.

C. The activity will be cancelled in bad weather.

D. The booking is available from 14 to 21 October.

23、   Renewable energy projects, including onshore and offshore wind and solar farms, have so far been subsidized (资助) by government support schemes. This has led to some to complain that clean energy is pushing up bills.

However, the most recently approved offshore wind projects will most likely operate with ‘negative subsidies’ — paying money back to the government. The money will go towards reducing household energy bills as the offshore wind farms start producing power in the mid-2020s.

This is the conclusion of an analysis by an international team led by Imperial College London researchers published today in Nature Energy.

Lead researcher Dr Malte Jansen, from the Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial, said: “Offshore wind power will soon be so cheap to produce that it will undercut fossil-fueled power stations and may be the cheapest form of energy for the UK. Energy subsidies used to push up energy bills, but within a few years cheap renewable energy will see them brought down for the first time. This is an astonishing development.”

The analysis for five countries in Europe, including the UK, focused on a series of government auctions (拍卖) for offshore wind farms between February 2015 and September 2019. Companies that want to build wind farms bid in the auctions by stating the price at which they will sell the energy they produce to the government.

These are known as ‘contracts for difference’ or CfDs. If a company’s bid is higher than the wholesale electricity price on the UK market once the wind farm is up and running, then the company will receive a subsidy from the government to top up the price.

However, if the stated price (规定价格) is less than the wholesale price, then the company will pay the government back the difference. This payback is then passed through to consumer’s energy bills, reducing the amount that homes and businesses will pay for electricity.

The winning companies said they could build new offshore wind farms for around £40 per megawatt hour (MWh) of power. This was a new record set by these wind farms with bids 30 percent lower than just two years earlier.

【1】What does the passage mainly talk about?

A．Offshore wind farms to be built in the UK could reduce household energy bills by producing electricity very cheaply.

B．Offshore wind farms will not be subsidized by government in the near future.

C．The importance of CfDs.

D．The operation of negative subsidies.

【2】According to Paragraph 2, offshore wind farms ________.

A．will stop producing power in the mid-2020s

B．are paying money back to the government

C．will help reduce household energy bills

D．will all operate with ‘negative subsidies’

【3】The underlined words “top up” in Paragraph 6 probably mean ________.

A．make up

B．take up

C．cover

D．fill up

【4】What can be inferred from the passage?

A．The renewable energy projects will lead to some to complain that clean energy is pushing up bills.

B．The company whose bid is less than the wholesale electricity price will receive a subsidy.

C．The stated electricity price is now higher than the wholesale electricity price.

D．Fossil-fueled power will be soon produced cheaply.

24、As Plastic Chokes the Ocean, Technology Can Help

Some 8 million tons of non-recyclable (不可回收的) plastic end up in the ocean each year. At an alarming rate, the seas may have more plastic than fish by the middle of the century. 【1】

Require a global solution to a global problem. 【2】 The developed countries and most of developing countries show their leadership in this process by setting goals, encouraging other member states, and offering support for poor countries.

【3】 Although they are helpful to protect clean water and air, as it is known, non-recyclable plastic is widely used in the markets. Therefore, non-recyclable plastic still can be bought in our daily life. Its disappearance needs much more time and efforts.

Pay more attention to the new studies on plastic and technologies. Some of researchers are aiming to make replacements for plastic. 【4】 For example, “interceptors” can remove river pollution before it reaches the ocean.

Expect more responsibility from manufacturers. 【5】 As a start, they should be encouraged to simplify complex packaging. And their working with world governments will support poorer nations to improve waste collection and landfill (垃圾场) management.

The world doesn’t have enough time in trying to solve the problem. The sooner these efforts start, the better.

A．Strengthen the connection between countries.

B．Others are doing more research on new technologies.

C．Nearly 200 countries agreed to ban plastic pollution.

D．Establish production limits for non-recyclable plastic.

E．They should care about different laws on plastic in the poorer countries.

F．They are well aware of how to reduce the harms their products cause.

G．Thus it’s necessary to take immediate action to stop that.

25、Maybe you’ve heard the saying, “A bird with a broken wing will never fly as high.” I’m sure that T.J. Ware was made to feel this way almost every day in school.

By high school, T.J. was the most celebrated troublemaker in his town. I met him for the first time at a weekend leadership retreat(活动). All the students at school had been invited to_________ ACE training, a program designed to have students become more_________ in their communities.

At the start of the retreat, T. J. was_________ standing outside the circle of students. He didn’t _________ join the discussion groups. But slowly, the interactive games_________ him in. The other students in T. J. group _________ his comments. All of a sudden, T. J. felt like a part of the group, and before long he was being treated like a _________. By the end of the retreat, he had_________ the Homeless Project team. The other students _________ T.J. co-chairman of the team.

When T. J. __________ at school on Monday morning, he faced a firestorm. A group of teachers were__________ to the school principal about his being elected co-chairman. The very first communitywide service project was to be a giant food__________. These teachers couldn’t believe that the principal would allow the important plan to stay in the__________ hands of T.J. Ware. Mr. Coggshall__________ them that the purpose of the ACE program was to uncover any positive passion that a student had and reinforce(加强) its practice until true __________ can take place.

Two weeks later, T.J. and his friends led a group of 70 students in a project to collect__________ They collected a school__________: 2854 cans of food in just two hours. The local newspaper covered the__________ with a full-page article the next day. That newspaper__________ was posted on the main bulletin board at school.

T. J. reminds us that a bird with a broken wing only needs mending. But once it has__________, it can fly higher than the rest.

【1】

A．manage

B．attend

C．finish

D．provide

【2】

A．involved

B．trapped

C．lost

D．fitted

【3】

A．still

B．already

C．just

D．also

【4】

A．formally

B．officially

C．proudly

D．readily

【5】

A．forced

B．pushed

C．called

D．drew

【6】

A．welcomed

B．received

C．added

D．ignored

【7】

A．director

B．trainer

C．leader

D．speaker

【8】

A．improved

B．joined

C．found

D．contacted

【9】

A．ordered

B．awarded

C．offered

D．made

【10】

A．showed up

B．set out

C．looked around

D．worked out

【11】

A．talking

B．reporting

C．protesting

D．replying

【12】

A．drive

B．journey

C．problem

D．process

【13】

A．strong

B．skilled

C．incapable

D．rough

【14】

A．criticized

B．reminded

C．warned

D．demanded

【15】

A．change

B．reaction

C．communication

D．understanding

【16】

A．medicine

B．water

C．food

D．garbage

【17】

A．target

B．data

C．meal

D．record

【18】

A．accident

B．event

C．issue

D．topic

【19】

A．interview

B．story

C．headline

D．copy

【20】

A．accumulated

B．stimulated

C．tested

D．healed

26、假如你是高中生李华,正在为明天英语课上的“课前三分钟演讲”做准备。你打算结合自己的经历，谈谈对挑战的看法。内容包括：

1.你是如何看待挑战的；

2.你战胜挑战的一次经历；

3.你的建议。

注意：1.开头和结尾已给出，不计入总词数；

2.词数100左右。

Hello, my dear friends. I’m happy to share my opinion about challenges with you.

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That’s all. Thank you.