山南2025-2026学年第二学期期末教学质量检测试题(卷)高三英语

1、When I came to the strange city, I began to ______ what I would do to earn my living.

A.keep pace with B.give thought to C.make room for D.get rid of

2、My skating teacher was really great and ______ I knew it, I was able to skate!

A.before B.since

C.until D.after

3、By 2025, when the number of consumers worldwide has reached 4.2 billion, people with high income will be, for the first time, more than_______ struggling to meet basic needs.

A．one

B．that

C．ones

D．those

4、—The two people speak different languages and can not communicate with each other well.

—Oh，I see. That’s ________ misunderstanding occurs.

A．when B．what

C．which D．why

5、   speaking of the films made before 1927 as “silent”，the film has never been，in the full sense of the word，silent.

A. So accustomed are we to   B. As we are so accustomed to

C. Accustomed as we are to   D. Accustomed as are we to

6、To our great ________, over 5 million of people died of Covid-19.

A．satisfaction

B．sorrow

C．delight

D．joy

7、---Have you heard that Ben and Bill had a fight yesterday?

---Yes. Now they don’t say a single word to each other. It seems as if they ______ each other before.

A.didn’t know B.don’t know C.have never known D.had never known

8、As a splendid secretary, Mr. Howell always keeps the manager of what’s going on at home and abroad, so he deserves .

A．to be informed; to be praised

B．informing; praising

C．informed; praised

D．informed; praising

9、They decided to __________the sports meet till next week because of the bad weather.

A.put up B.put off C.put away D.put down

10、All the guest at the party were dancing and singing happily __________ the electricity was cut off.

A. until

B. while

C. when

D. because

11、John fell ill because he was caught in the rain yesterday; it is _____ of him to forget to take an umbrella.

A.physical B.electrical C.typical D.practical

12、Is there anyone in your class ______family is in the country?

A. who   B. who's   C. whose   D. which

13、Mamet says it _______ him what a movie costs as long as it is a good one.

A.makes a difference to B.makes not difference to

C.makes any difference to D.makes no difference to

14、The development of vaccines and the strategy of lockdown help to ________ the epidemic.

A．contain

B．withdraw

C．spot

D．figure

15、We all like him because he often ________and tells jokes.

A. invents   B. makes up

C. puts on   D. puts up

16、She complained that she________ him for more than twenty years and she still didn’t know what went on inside his head.

A.had been married to B.had been married

C.had married with D.had married

17、________ the meeting himself gave them a great deal of encouragement.

A．The president will attend

B．The president to attend

C．The president attended

D．The president’s attending

18、He said that many great changes _______in his hometown since 1990.

A．have taken place

B．had taken place

C．took place

D．were taken place

19、No country in the world can ______ these problems alone, such as climate change, hunger and disease, etc. Therefore, all the countries should cooperate to get rid of them.

A．cope

B．address

C．replace

D．involve

20、According to the weather forecast, the typhoon is moving at a speed of 20 km per hour. That is to say, cooler and drier weather is   .

A. in the way   B. on the way

C. by the way   D. in its way

21、Climbing Without Ropes

The popular image of the mountain climber is of a person carefully climbing a steep cliff with a network of safety ropes, but it is not the only kind. Many climbers now enjoy bouldering. It’s more accessible and better for the environment.

Here is an example of a climber addressing a bouldering problem.

Figure 1: The climber has two routes she could take, one to the left and one to the right. The left one appears easier because it has a jug within easy reach, but look what happens if she chooses that direction. She gets stuck on the rock and has to go back down. Sometimes that is even more difficult than going up.

Figure 2: The climber takes the one to the right this time. Using a foothold and placing her right hand in a crimp, she is able to lift herself up and locate other handholds. After only a few moves, she is able to throw her leg over the top of the boulder and pull herself up.

【1】According to the passage, bouldering ________.

A．is an indoor sport

B．has no safety protection

C．needs maps and equipment

D．is a steep cliff climbing

【2】Bouldering becomes popular because ________.

A．it challenges the limits

B．it costs less

C．it builds minds and bodies

D．it is a team game

【3】According to the example, the right route is ________.

A．a shortcut

B．a dead end

C．tough but to the top

D．lined with jugs

【4】The passage is likely to appear in ________.

A．a book review

B．a science report

C．a newspaper advertisement

D．a sports magazine

22、Making predictions gets in the way of the brain's ability to remember the present moment, new research suggests. The hippocampus, a brain structure usually associated with remembering events, also uses experiences to make forecasts (neuroscientists call this “statistical learning”). But scientists writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA have now demonstrated that the latter function can influence the former.

Researchers showed participants a series of photographs on a screen without telling them that some image categories always followed others: mountains always came immediately after beaches, for example. They were intended to subconsciously learn these associations and begin to expect these pairings. Later, the participants were shown the same photos again, mixed in with new examples, and were asked if they had spotted any of them before. They accurately recalled seeing random images at a much better rate than the predictive ones (like the beach pictures).

The scientists repeated this process while scanning participants' brains with fMRI (功能性核磁共振). Each image category caused a distinct neural (神经的) activity pattern, and the patterns for predictable categories were seen in the hippocampus when the corresponding predictive category was displayed. Moreover, this effect's strength in fMRI corresponded inversely with participants' memory task scores. “The more evidence for prediction we saw, the worse their memory was for those predictive items,” such as a particular beach scene, says study lead author and Yale University cognitive (认知) neuroscientist Brynn Sherman. This suggests that predictive images caused the hippocampus to shift toward prediction—and away from encoding (编码) a new memory.

The study is among the first to demonstrate how making predictions affects human memory. Scientists previously suspected that the hippocampus had a role in statistical learning but did not know how it interacts with memory formation. “This paper is a really nice demonstration of the balance where the hippocampus is doing both these things,” says University of Virginia cognitive neuroscientist Nicole Long.

The team says this compromise occurs because remembering and predicting both use some of the same biological pathways. In the paper, the authors compare it with using one's right foot to operate both the brake (刹车) and gas pedals (油门) in a car…but not both at the same time. “This system could prevent memory redundancies (冗余) and thus conserve brainpower,” Sherman says.

“We still need further research,” Long says. “For instance, how much repetition is needed before the hippocampus shifts from recording to predicting and whether it is possible to train the structure to improve both modes at the same time.”

【1】We can learn from the passage that ______.

A．predictive images stimulated memory formation

B．the hippocampus has nothing to do with predicting

C．researchers revealed how to balance predicting and remembering

D．the participants remembered random images more quickly and accurately

【2】What does the underlined word “inversely” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?

A．In an opposite way.

B．Exactly.

C．In the same direction.

D．Closely.

【3】Why does the author mention the brake and gas pedals?

A．To present an accurate picture of how to drive a car.

B．To illustrate that predicting interacts with remembering.

C．To stress the difficulties of operating them at the same time.

D．To show the importance of using the same biological pathways.

【4】Which would be the best title for this passage?

A．The Role of the Hippocampus within Memory

B．Predicting a Situation Benefits Memory Formation

C．Forecast or Remember: The Brain Must Choose One

D．Forecast and Remember: The Brain Can Do Both at the Same Time

23、Looking back on the first twenty years of my life, I feel grateful to have been so healthy and happy. For my happiness, I am grateful to so many people and lucky events, but what have guided me and supported me in my life are my physical health, healthy finances, and my family’s happiness.

Health comes first for me, because without health everything else is meaningless. Imagine starting a career without good health. Imagine starting a family without good health. Imagine achieving anything without good health. Clearly, good health is the first necessary for other part of one’s life.

Good health is not enough to be happy. We still need to have money in today’s society. Money obviously pays for basic needs of life — food, housing, clothing — but it is also necessary for other reason like the quality of our education and medical care.

Next comes the most important thing in having a happy life — our family. It provides the love, joy and support that everybody needs. I love my family with all my heart. I get pleasure from their pleasure. I suffer when they suffer. My family helped me get through the hard times of entrance exams. They comforted and advised me when I had misunderstanding with my friends. More importantly, they have been there to share in my successes in the past twenty years. In summary, all these are what I need and want in this world. As long as I stay healthy, earn enough money, and share both good times and bad times with my family, I will always be the happiest girl in the world.

【1】The writer mentions her entrance exams to prove that _______.

A．opportunities go to those with strong beliefs

B．our quality of life can be improved with money

C．nothing can be achieved without a healthy body

D．family provides the support that everybody needs

【2】What is the main purpose of this passage?

A．To argue about the importance of money.

B．To explain what are the keys to happiness.

C．To discuss ways of dealing with difficulties.

D．To show people’s different attitudes to happiness.

【3】How is the passage organized?

A．Introduction—Explanation—Summary

B．Examples—Argument—Summary

C．Argument—Topic—Conclusion

D．Topic—Examples—Conclusion

24、Helen Thayer, one of the greatest explorers of the 20th century, loves challenges. She says, “I like to see what’s on the other side of the hill.” She has gone almost everywhere to do that.

In 1988, at the age of 50, she became the first woman to travel alone to the North Pole. She pulled her own sled piled with 160 pounds of supplies, and during her trip no one brought her fresh supplies. Accompanied only by her dog Charlie, she survived cold weather and meetings with polar bears. In fact, Charlie saved her life when one of them attacked her. Near the end of her trip, a forceful wind blew away the majority of her supplies. The last week of the trip, she survived on a handful of nuts and a little water each day.

Helen goes to challenging places not only for adventure, but also for education. Before her Arctic journey, she started a website called Adventure Classroom. On the site, she shares her adventures in order to motivate students. She explains, “Although kids often see the world in a negative way, without hope for their future, we work to inspire them to set goals, plan for success and never give up…”

Helen grew up in New Zealand. Her parents were athletes and mountain climbers. Following her parents’ example, she climbed her first mountain at 9. Later, she climbed the highest mountains in North and South America, New Zealand, etc.

In 1996, she took on another challenge-the Sahara Desert. She and her husband, Bill, walked 2,400 miles across it! In 2001, she and Bill traveled on foot from west to east through the Gobi Desert in Mongolia. They hope to travel in mainland China into Sichuan and Tibet to study pandas.

Helen plans to continue taking trips. She’ll use her explorations, writing, photography and environmental works to create programs for her Adventure Classroom website. She wants to inspire her students never to stop facing challenges!

【1】We learn from Paragraph 2 that _________

A．Helen Thayer is the first person to reach the North Pole

B．Helen Thayer ate nothing during the last week of her trip

C．Helen Thayer traveled to the North Pole together with her husband

D．Charlie prevented Helen being attacked by polar bears

【2】Why does Helen travel to different places worldwide?

A．For fun.

B．For education.

C．For money.

D．For fame.

【3】Why did Helen pick up mountain climbing as a child?

A．She was eager to go on with her adventures.

B．She dreamed of visiting strange land.

C．Her parents instructed her to do so.

D．Her parents had a great influence on her.

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

A．The Woman Who Loves Adventure

B．A Famous Woman

C．A Woman Mountain Climber

D．The Owner of Adventure Classroom

25、I had worried myself sick over Simon’s mother coming to see me. I was a new ________ and I gave an honest account of the students’ work. In Simon’s case, the grades were awfully low. He couldn’t read his own handwriting. But he was a bright student. He discussed adult subjects with nearly adult comprehension. His work couldn’t reflect his ________

So, when Simon’s mother entered the room, my palms were sweating. I was completely________ for her kisses on both my cheeks. “I came to thank you, ”she said, surprising me beyond I speech. ________ me, Simon had become a different person. He talked of how he ________ me, he had begun to make friends, and for the first time in his twelve years, he had recently spent an afternoon at a friend’s house. She wanted to tell me how ________ she was for the self-respect I had nurtured (培养) in her son. She kissed me again and left.

I sat there, ________, for about half an hour, ________ what had just happened. How did I make such a life-changing difference to that boy without even knowing it? What I finally came to remember was one day, when some students were ________ reports in the front of the class. Jeanne spoke ________, and to encourage her to raise her voice, I had said. “Speak up. Simon is the expert on this. He is the only one you have to convince, and he can’t hear you in the________ of the room. ” That was it. From that day on, Simon had sat up straighter, paid more attention, smiled more, and became happy. And it was all because he ________ to be the last kid in the last row. The boy who most needed ________ was the one who took the last seat that day.

It taught me the most ________ lesson over the years of my teaching career, and I’m thankful that it came ________ and positively. A small kindness can indeed make a difference.

【1】

A．boss

B．teacher

C．advisor

D．doctor

【2】

A．abilities

B．courage

C．feelings

D．dream

【3】

A．desperate

B．responsible

C．unsuitable

D．unprepared

【4】

A．In spite of

B．Thanks to

C．Regardless of

D．In response to

【5】

A．pleased

B．envied

C．loved

D．hated

【6】

A．helpful

B．wonderful

C．awful

D．grateful

【7】

A．disappointed

B．excited

C．frozen

D．afraid

【8】

A．imagining

B．wondering

C．observing

D．regretting

【9】

A．giving

B．reviewing

C．editing

D．writing

【10】

A．quickly

B．repeatedly

C．quietly

D．firmly

【11】

A．back

B．middle

C．front

D．entrance

【12】

A．happened

B．pretended

C．refused

D．intended

【13】

A．education

B．visits

C．thanks

D．praise

【14】

A．difficult

B．valuable

C．painful

D．enjoyable

【15】

A．frequently

B．gradually

C．early

D．occasionally

26、假如你叫李华，是一名高中生。最近英国的一个志愿者团体组织一批英国中学生到济南的孤儿院做志愿者活动，想要招一名中国的志愿导游，你想申请这一工作。请根据以下要点提示，给该组织的负责人Brown先生写一篇关于你自己的英文简历。

1.简介：李华，男，17岁，光明一中高二学生；

2.特长：交友广泛，善于交流，英语口语很好；

3.理由：喜欢志愿者工作，有到孤儿院做志愿者的经历。

注意：1.词数：100词左右，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。

参考词汇：the orphan house孤儿院

Dear Mr Brown，

I'm very glad to hear that____________________________________________________________________

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Looking forward to hearing from you.

Yours sincerely，

Li Hua